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“ There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. ”

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I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some kind of a Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

~ Henri Matisse

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You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.

~ Henri Matisse

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Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while working.

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To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.

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