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Quote by Henri Matisse
In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nat

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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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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An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. – Henri Matisse

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Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. – Walter Scott

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A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule. – Michael Pollan, Second Nature, 1991

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The world is too much with us late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours. – William Wordsworth

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I love romantic comedies. Theyre for me the easiest thing to do and the most natural to do. Theres nothing natural about holding an uzi hanging out of a moving van shooting at people. Thats not second nature to me, thank God. – Gabrielle Union

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