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There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.
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