Henri Matisse Quotes

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some kind of a 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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Creativity takes courage.

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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 expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.

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

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To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.

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