"To look at something as though we had……" — Henri Matisse
"To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage."
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182 Quotes by Henri Matisse
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There are flowers everywhere, for those who bother to look.
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An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that…
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An artist must not feel under any constraint.
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Drawing is putting a line around an idea.
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Seek for the boldest color possible, content is irrelevant.
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The main function of color should be to serve expression.
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Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation.
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Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
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It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself.
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Purer colors... have in themselves, independently of the objects they serve to express, a significant action on the feelings of…
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My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the…
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Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist's…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.
— Richard Bach
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it…
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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Action is the antidote to despair.
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