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A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify the subject-matter.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.
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Creation is the artist's true function where there is no creation there is no art.
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Truth and reality in art begin at the point where the artist ceases to understand what he is doing and capable of doing - yet feels in himself a force that becomes steadily stronger... and more concentrated.
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You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
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To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
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The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling.
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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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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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Never ruin a good painting with the truth.
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A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only one moment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting upon its essential character, to risk losing charm in order to gain greater stability.
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It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else
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Nothing can be accomplished without love.
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Drawing is putting a line around an idea.
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Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.
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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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Precision is not reality
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Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue
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All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone.
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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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I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.
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