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When I started to paint I felt transported into a kind of paradise... In everyday life I was usually bored and vexed... Starting to paint I felt gloriously free.
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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Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
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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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The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort.
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My models, my human figures, are never like extras in an interior. They are the main theme of my work. I depend absolutely on my model.
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