Henri Matisse Quotes on Growth
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I will repeat what I once said to Guillaume Apollinaire: 'For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.'
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You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
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A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.
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Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.