French - Artist | December 31, 1869 - November 3, 1954
A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.
Henri Matisse
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With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
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It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.
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I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
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Work cures everything.
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I'm growing old, I delight in the past.
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I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.
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Jazz is rhythm and meaning.
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I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.
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