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Each work of art is a collection of signs invented during the picture's execution to suit the needs of their position. Taken out of the composition for which they were created, these signs have no further use.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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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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For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.
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The whole arrangement of my picture is expressive. The place occupied by the figures or objects, the empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything plays a part.
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Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
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I was driven on by.. A force which I see today as something alien to my normal life... so I have been no more than a medium as it were.
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I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation
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A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject.
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In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.
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To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
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Another word for creativity is courage.
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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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It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.
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The sign for which I forge an image has no value if it doesn't harmonize with other signs, which I must determine in the course of my invention and which are completely peculiar to it.
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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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It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself.
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I do not repudiate any of my paintings but there isn't one of them that I would not redo differently, if I had it to redo. My destination is always the same but I work out a different route to get there.
Henri Matisse
I shan't get free of my emotion by copying the tree faithfully, or by drawing its leaves one by one in the common language, but only after identifying myself with it.
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It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else
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Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.
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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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