Thinking about Matisse & 35,000 years ago
Jun 25th, 2007 by Brad
This past weekend, I stared at the above image and spent time looking at works by Matisse. Though I’ll admit it, I always quickly breeze through Henri’s cut-outs.
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“You have to know how to preserve that freshness and innocence a
child has when it approaches things. You have to remain a child
you whole life long and yet be a man who draws his energy from
the things of the world.” – Henri Matisse
For the story about the est. 35,000 year old carving:
(in German) http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,489660,00.html or ( transliterated by google)
