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The wall around the window does not create two worlds.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
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With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
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The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One cannot do just anything. A talented artist cannot do whatever he pleases. If he only used his gifts, he would not exist. We are not the masters of what we produce. It is imposed on us.
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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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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.
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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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The truly original artist invents his own signs.
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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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I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
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A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.
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The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to.
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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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