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H belated B Henri Matisse, December 31, 1869
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The Sanity Inspector
Jan 22, 2004, 11:24:31 PM1/22/04
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I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken
to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were right, assuming
I had not been clear enough to be understood. This assumption allowed
me to work my whole life without hatred and even without bitterness
toward criticism, regardless of its source. I counted solely on the
clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. Hatred, rancor, and
the spirit of vengeance are useless baggage to the artist. His road is
difficult enough for him to cleanse his soul of everything which could
make it more so.
-- Matisse
to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were right, assuming
I had not been clear enough to be understood. This assumption allowed
me to work my whole life without hatred and even without bitterness
toward criticism, regardless of its source. I counted solely on the
clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. Hatred, rancor, and
the spirit of vengeance are useless baggage to the artist. His road is
difficult enough for him to cleanse his soul of everything which could
make it more so.
-- Matisse
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bruce
The dignified don't even enter in the game.
--The Jam
dougk
Jan 23, 2004, 2:11:05 PM1/23/04
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I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.
--Henri Matisse
SteveMR200
Jan 24, 2004, 10:00:04 AM1/24/04
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When I work, when I am submissive and modest, I feel
myself so helped by someone who makes me do things
that surpass me. Still, I feel no gratitude toward
Him because it is as if I were faced with a magician
whose tricks I can't see through. I feel deprived
of the profit of the experience that should have
compensated my effort. I am ungrateful without remorse.
--Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
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Steve
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