Quote by Henri Matisse
Drawing is putting a line round an idea. - Henri Matisse

Drawing is putting a line round an idea. – Henri Matisse

Other quotes by Henri Matisse

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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Nature
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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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Art
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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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Dont worry about people stealing an idea. If its original, you will have to ram it down their throats. – Howard Aiken

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If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. – Albert Einstein

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Ideas

The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away. – Linus Pauling

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No matter who you are, some scholar can show you the great idea you had was had by someone before you. – Author Unknown

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