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I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have the light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me..
Henri Matisse
— Henri Matisse
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As quoted by Theodore F. Wolff in The Christian Science Monitor (25 March 1985)

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Henri Matisse
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