"I've photographed everybody from Matisse to Isamu Noguchi."

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Carl Van Vechten

#Matisse Quotes

“'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.”
“The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody.”
“He also knows what king of protein I like, what T-shirts I like, how I like my dry cleaning to be done. He also knows how I like my stuff folded and put away into drawers.”
“I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.”
“When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance”
“I account this world a tedious theater, For I do play a part in 't 'gainst my will.”

Source : John Webster “The Duchess of Malfi”, W. W. Norton & Company
“Their barbarism will stand as their shame for all eternity.”
“When you reject the Creator, you worship the Creation (Ro 1:23).”

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