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What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
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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.
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All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone.
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Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?
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He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices he is free and nothing holds him back.
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I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.
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Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue
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