Quote by Henri Matisse
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should nev

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

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In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope. – Henri Matisse

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Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play. – Henri Matisse

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Imagination
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Time extracts various values from a painters work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is. – Henri Matisse

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I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances. – Lee Ann Womack

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My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good. – Giacomo Casanova

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An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes. – Victor Kiam

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Personality is the most important thing to an actresss success. – Mae West

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Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available – logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients. – Mario Batali

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Children are the anchors of a mothers life. – Sophocles

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You must admit you have self-control before you can use it. – Carrie Latet

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My hope is that people will be repulsed by the characters complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism – thats what I was saying about the difference between the characters message and the films message. – Christian Bale

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