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I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
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We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.
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An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
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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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With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
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Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.
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Fit the parts together, one into the other, and build your figure like a carpenter builds a house. Everything must be constructed, composed of parts that make a whole.
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An artist is an explorer.
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What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure.
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The truly original artist invents his own signs.
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If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open.
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