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title: "3 Color Given Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Color Given quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Color Given sayings and thoughts."
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> [Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/color-was-not-given-to-us-in-order-that-we-should-imitate-nature-it/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/henri-matisse-1641_color_color-was-not-given-to-us-in-order-that_69251.jpg)

> [When you are in the public eye as a person of color, you are given very little room to mess up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yara-shahidi/when-you-are-in-the-public-eye-as-a-person-of-color-you-are-given/)

[Yara Shahidi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yara-shahidi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/yara-shahidi-12217_color_when-you-are-in-the-public-eye-as-a-pers_538393.jpg)

> [Color was not given to us in order that we imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/color-was-not-given-to-us-in-order-that-we-imitate-nature-it-was/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/henri-matisse-1641_color_color-was-not-given-to-us-in-order-that_993323.jpg)

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