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Drawing is putting a line around an idea.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
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For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.
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I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.
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It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else
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To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
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From the moment I held the box of colors in my hands, I knew this was my life. I threw myself into it like a beast that plunges towards the thing it loves.
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It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself.
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Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense a power that grows in proportion to your resistance.
Henri Matisse
Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture every separate part will be visible and... everything which has no utility in the picture is for that reason harmful.
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It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony.
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I was driven on by.. A force which I see today as something alien to my normal life... so I have been no more than a medium as it were.
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An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
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All art worthy of the name is religious.
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Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
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If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open.
Henri Matisse
It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.
Henri Matisse
He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices he is free and nothing holds him back.
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Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.
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I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation
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Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?
Henri Matisse
