Name	Henri Matisse
Birthplace	France
Nationality	French
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Trivia and Quotes

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It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

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I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

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Time extracts various values from a painter`s work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.

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I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have the light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.

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It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

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I don`t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

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You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

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Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

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I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

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A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I`ve been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

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There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

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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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What I dream of is an art of balance.

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