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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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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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A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now Ive been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light. – Henri Matisse

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power
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The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more Ive seen forests and nature and oceans, and I dont know any more if this is the awesomest way to live. – Regina Spektor

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The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it. – Georg C. Lichtenberg

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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. – Edgar Allan Poe

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The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I dont envy or much respect people who are completely politicised. – Christopher Hitchens

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In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life – in jeeps – and upset all my dreams. – Sergio Leone

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