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I will concentrate on the meaning [of this body] by seeking its essential lines.
The charm will be less obvious as first glance, but it must eventually emerge from the new image I have obtained,
which will have a broader meaning and one more fully human...
A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only one moment of its existence.
I prefer, by insisting on its essential character, to risk loosing charm in order to obtain greater stability.
Henri Matisse
1908
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