Quote by Henri Matisse
A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a lo

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

Other quotes by Henri Matisse

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices he is free and nothing holds him back. – Henri Matisse

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Love
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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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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter – a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. – Henri Matisse

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Art
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power
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt. – Walter Scott

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power

With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. Its nothing new. – Judd Rose

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power

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will. – Joseph Stalin

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power

The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully. – Charles Evans Hughes

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power

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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Sympathy

Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldnt like jam if it didnt, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldnt like truth if it wasnt sticky, if, from time to time, it didnt ooze blood. – Jean Baudrillard

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Fear

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. – Proverb

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Change

We live in the country. Im a redneck. No, ha-ha. I live in L.A. County, but more in the hills. Not in the fancy kind! Trust me whatever you do you do not want to come to my neighborhood! – Atticus Shaffer

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Trust