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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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Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture every separate part will be visible and... everything which has no utility in the picture is for that reason harmful.
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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 have to create an object which resembles the tree. The sign for a tree, and not the sign that other artists may have found for the tree.
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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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Nothing can be accomplished without love.
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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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When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky.
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You want to paint? First of all you must cut off your tongue because your decision takes away from you the right to express yourself with anything but your brush.
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If drawing belongs to the world of spirit and color to that of the senses, you must draw first to cultivate the spirit.
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All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone.
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A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.
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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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I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.
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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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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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Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.
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An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.
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Another word for creativity is courage.
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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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Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.
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