Henri Matisse Quotes

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

Henri Matisse

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: December 31, 1869 - November 3, 1954

Topics

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People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there.

Jimmy Connors

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I don't have girlfriends, because it's not fair, the same as I don't have plants because I'd never be back to water them, and I don't have cats and dogs, and I don't have kids, because I'd never be there to see them.

Jimmy Savile

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I remember being on this film once, and people said, 'You're not on Instagram or Facebook - what's your deal?' They said, 'In this industry, if you want to do well, people want to invest in who you are.' I said, 'I'm an actor, not a celebrity - they watch my acting, and hopefully that's enough.'

Joe Gilgun

PeopleEnoughRememberYouActing

I'm a massive fan of the 'Bourne' franchise, and I think Damon's brilliant in it, and I love the films. I'm really into it.

Max Beesley

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I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.

Anita Baker

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My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.

Michael Gerber

GoodBusinessExperiencePeopleMe

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

Amy Tan

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The universe starts off with the Big Bang theory, and the first thing that emerged from the Big Bang is essentially hydrogen and then helium. And that's what combusts in stars. Finally, stars implode, and they build heavier elements out of that. And those heavier elements are reconstituted in the heart of other stars, eventually.

John Rhys-Davies

StarsHeartUniverseBuildFirst

Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy.

Amanda Lindhout

DarkRealBeingHeavyWeight

Our goal is to figure out a therapy for prion diseases.

Stanley B. Prusiner

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If you know how to shoot a scene, then you know how to shoot an action scene. If you've seen an action movie, and you watched it, and you paid attention to how scenes are constructed and where the camera is and how the camera moves, then you know how to do it.

Jonathan Levine

ActionCameraAttentionYouKnow

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.

Douglas MacArthur

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