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Do remember that one line does nothing it is only in relation to another that it creates a volume.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky.
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Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.
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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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It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself.
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The sign is determined at the moment I use it and for the object of which it must form a part. For this reason I cannot determine in advance signs which never change, and which would be like writing: that would paralyze the freedom of my invention.
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When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you expect an amateur to understand that which the artist dos not yet comprehend.
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The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort.
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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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Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation.
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After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.
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You want to paint? First of all you must cut off your tongue because your decision takes away from you the right to express yourself with anything but your brush.
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An artist is an explorer.
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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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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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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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Seek the strongest color effect possible... the content is of no importance.
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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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To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
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Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.
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Photographs will always be impressive because they show us nature, and all artists will find in them a world of sensations. The photographer must therefore intervene as little as possible, so as not to cause photography to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses, notwithstanding its defects.
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