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Own Quotes by Henri Matisse
- 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…
- Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
- Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue
- A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.
- Colours have their own distinctive beauty that you have to preserve, just as in music you try to preserve sounds. It is a question of…
- The truly original artist invents his own signs.
- The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling.
- I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition.
- 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…
- You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your…
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