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Never ruin a good painting with the truth.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
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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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...I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture.
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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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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.
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Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?
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The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling.
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A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.
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The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort.
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Nothing can be accomplished without love.
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Seek the strongest color effect possible... the content is of no importance.
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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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An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under any constraint.
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