Henri Matisse Quotes on Emotion
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Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.
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I do not literally paint the table, but the emotion it produces on me...
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The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the artist is not to translate an observation but to express the shock of the object on his nature; the shock, with the original reaction.
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Without passion there is no art.