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, t… - Henri Matisse

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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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About Henri Matisse

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist. Particularly known for his striking use of colour, Matisse is one of the very few indisputable giants of modern art, alongside Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky.

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Alternative Names: Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse Henri Emile Benoît Matisse Henri Emile Benoit Matisse Henri-Emile-Benoît Matisse Henri-Emile-Benoit Matisse H. Matisse matisse h. h. matisse matisse henri Henri-Matisse Matisse Anri Matiss
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The artist must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child.

There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see them.

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El artista comienza con una visión, una operación creativa que requiere un esfuerzo. La creatividad requiere coraje.

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