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To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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Art is an escape from reality.
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With greater completeness and abstraction, I have attained a form filtered to its essentials.
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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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It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else
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I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.
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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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Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
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My curves are not crazy.
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...The more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
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An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
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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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Fit the parts together, one into the other, and build your figure like a carpenter builds a house. Everything must be constructed, composed of parts that make a whole.
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A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.
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A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.
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If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open.
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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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I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.
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