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

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

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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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"I do not distinguish between the construction of a book and that of a
painting and I always proceed from the simple to the complex." - 1946
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original version in French: Je vous répéterai ce que je disais naguère à Guillaume Apollinaire: "Je n'ai, pour ma part, jamais évité l'influence des autres, j'aurais considéré cela comme une lâcheté et un manque de sincérité vis-à-vis de moi-même."
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You study, you learn, but you guard the original naïveté. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
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