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Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
Artist
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Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse
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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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What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure.
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Did not the artists of the great age of Japanese art change names many times during their careers? I like that they wanted to safeguard their freedom.
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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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Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.
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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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