At each stage I reach a balance, a conclusion. At the next sitting, if I find that there is a weakness in the whole, I make my way back into the pict… - Henri Matisse

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At each stage I reach a balance, a conclusion. At the next sitting, if I find that there is a weakness in the whole, I make my way back into the picture by means of the weakness — I re-enter through the breach — and I reconceive the whole. Thus everything becomes fluid again.

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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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What I am after, above all, is expression. Sometimes it has been conceded that I have a certain technical ability but that, my ambition being limited, I am unable to proceed beyond a purely visual satisfaction such as can be procured from the mere sight of a picture. But the purpose of a painter must not be conceived as separate from his pictorial means, and these pictorial means must be the more complete (I do not mean complicated) the deeper is his thought. I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.

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Siempre hay flores para aquellos que desean verlas.

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