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"Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better."
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"Style is primarily a matter of instinct."
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"The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason."
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"Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct."
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"It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water."
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"I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!"
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"The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves."
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"One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else."
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"When instinct speaks, listen to it. It might be the next push you need to reach greater heights."
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"Dancing is the normal prelude to intercourse."
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"A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy."
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Explore more quotes by Henri Matisse
"What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue."
Art
"Work cures everything."
Work
"Jazz is rhythm and meaning."
Music
"It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression."
Art
"I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it."
Vision
"Creativity takes courage."
Courage
"I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer."
God
"In love, the one who runs away is the winner."
Love
"An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc."
Success
"A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light."
Power
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