Matisse Quotes
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In the end there is only Matisse.
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All things considered, there is only Matisse.
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The Matisse seemed to respond to the decreasing light by increasing its own wattage. Every object in the room was drained of color, but the Matisse stood firm in the de-escalating illumination, its beauty turning functionality inside out, making itself a more practical and useful presence than anything else in sight.
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Art comes from art: I remember going to the Matisse show and seeing how Matisse had taken one of his own paintings, worked from it and transformed it, and that had led on to the next one and the next.
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You were a painting by Matisse, but you took sleeping pills.
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When I tried to do something else, everyone behaved as if I was Gypsy Rose Lee trying to paint a Matisse.
