Exactitude is not truth.
Je ne peins pas les choses. Je ne peins que les différences entre les choses.
Artists
Henri Matisse
Born in 1869 in northern France, Matisse led the Fauvist revolution and spent his career liberating color from descriptive duty. His late paper cutouts distill decades of exploration into pure form and hue.
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To be is to be perceived.
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I do not wish to be called divine while alive.
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