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Colours have their own distinctive beauty that you have to preserve, just as in music you try to preserve sounds. It is a question of organization, of finding the arrangement that will keep the beauty and freshness of the colour
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 don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.
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I have to create an object which resembles the tree. The sign for a tree, and not the sign that other artists may have found for the tree.
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An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under any constraint.
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The wall around the window does not create two worlds.
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When I put a green, it is not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.
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Another word for creativity is courage.
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Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.
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The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort.
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Creation is the artist's true function where there is no creation there is no art.
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Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.
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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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Expression for me does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of my picture is expressive the place occupied by my figures, the empty space around them, the proportions, everything has its share.
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