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Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.
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 always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.
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The truly original artist invents his own signs.
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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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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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If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as possible, so as not to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses.
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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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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 effort to see things without distortion takes something like courage and this courage is essential to the artist, who has to look at everything as though he saw it for the first time.
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I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation
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All that is not useful in a picture is detrimental. A work of art must be harmonious in its entirety for superfluous details would, in the mind of the beholder, encroach upon the essential elements.
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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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If drawing belongs to the world of spirit and color to that of the senses, you must draw first to cultivate the spirit.
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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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A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify the subject-matter.
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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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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
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The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible.
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The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to.
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Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
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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.
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