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Quote by Henri Matisse
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. – Henri Matisse

Other quotes by Henri Matisse

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color – not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression. – Henri Matisse

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design
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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

Category:
Art
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Henri Matisse
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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. Thats how I get my kicks. – Edward Koch

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Art

Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. – Claude Debussy

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Art

I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists. – Robert Indiana

Category:
Art

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity. – Hippocrates

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Art

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It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then. – Antonio Banderas

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A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they dont have very good service. – Wolfgang Puck

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Where there is a will there is a lawsuit. – Addison Mizner

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