"Exactitude is not truth."
-Henri Matisse
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"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.“
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"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."
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"In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope."
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"An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language."
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"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."
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"He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices he is free and nothing holds him back."
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"Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall."
-Charles Babbage
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"Bloomberg's $50 million is not going to revolutionize the electric power industry. But his willingness to fight is already inspiring others to see Big Coal differently."
-Jeff Goodell
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"A tool is usually more simple than a machine it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power."
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"The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power."
-Jeff Goodell
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"We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit."
-Jonathan Safran Foer
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