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The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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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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The model for me is a touchstone, it is a door which I must break open in order to reach the garden in which I am alone and feel good, even the model exists only for what use I can make of it.
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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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To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
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A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.
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The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort.
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Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.
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Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.
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I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.
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