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

Derive happiness in oneself from a good days work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. – Henri Matisse

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Happiness
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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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Success
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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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Nature
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Art
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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. – Samuel Butler

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Art

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see. – George V. Higgins

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Art

A metaphysical tour de force of untethered meaning and involuting interlocking contrapuntal rhythms, The Clock is more than a movie or even a work of art. It is so strange and other-ish that it becomes a stream-of-consciousness algorithm unto itself – something almost inhuman. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

Success and the art of making music are two different things for me. – Norah Jones

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Art

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Ive had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains. – Jerry Lewis

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Its better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one. – Harold S. Geneen

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Business

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. – Seneca

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Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. – Samuel Butler

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