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All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone.
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 arrive is to be in prison.
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If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as possible, so as not to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses.
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Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.
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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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Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
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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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