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I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.

Henri Matisse

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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure.
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The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice.
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I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.
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A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.
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A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.
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An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.
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The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One cannot do just anything. A talented artist cannot do whatever he pleases. If he only used his gifts, he would not exist. We are not the masters of what we produce. It is imposed on us.
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Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.
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A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only one moment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting upon its essential character, to risk losing charm in order to gain greater stability.
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Another word for creativity is courage.
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Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
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Each work of art is a collection of signs invented during the picture's execution to suit the needs of their position. Taken out of the composition for which they were created, these signs have no further use.
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Love wants to rise, not to be held down by anything base... He who loves flies, runs, and rejoices he is free and nothing holds him back. Derive happiness from yourself, from a good day's work, from the clearing that it makes in the fog that surrounds us.
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I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.
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My curves are not crazy.
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To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
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Simple colours can affect the intimate feelings with all the more force because they are simple.
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A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.
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I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair.
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