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You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
— Henri Matisse
Tags: desire, you, love-is, love

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I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.
— Henri Matisse
Tags: turning, mind
In love, the one who runs away is the winner.
— Henri Matisse
Tags: runs, away, who, love
With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
— Henri Matisse
Tags: stem, seems, witchcraft, color, energy, art
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.
— Henri Matisse
Tags: reputation, never, style, success
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.
— Henri Matisse
Tags: more, forget, nothing, rose
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