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I will repeat what I once said to Guillaume Apollinaire: "For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself."
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Je vous répéterai ce que je disais nagu?re ? Guillaume Apollinaire : "Je n'ai, pour ma part, jamais évité l'influence des autres, j'aurais considéré cela comme une lâcheté et un manque de sincérité vis-?-vis de moi-m?me."
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"Interview with Henri Matisse" by Jacques Guenne, L'Art Vivant (15 September 1925)

 

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