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

Courage Original Thoughts

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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.”

Art Emotion Creativity Design Painting Sculpture Self Expression Subject Matisse Art Theory

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“Rodin once said that a combination of extraordinary circumstances was needed for a man to live to 70 and to pursue with passion what he loves.”

Art Passion Old Age Age 70

Book:Bonnard/Matisse: Letters Between Friends

Source: Bonnard/Matisse: Letters Between Friends

“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.”

God Prayer Buddhist

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“I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns is a gift to me and I take it in that way. I accept it gratefully without looking beyond it. I completely forget my physical suffering and all the unpleasantness of my present condition and I think only of the joy of seeing the sun rise once more and of being able to work a little bit, even under difficult conditions.”

Joy Suffering Healing Illness Gift Surgery Gratefulness Operation

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“We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.”

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“This is why journeys are useful, they enlarge the space that is around us.”

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“Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while working.”

Art Inspiration Creativity Matisse

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

Creatividad Artista

Author:Henri Matisse