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Fahrenheit 451

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Notes of a Painter: Quote Analysis “To this I shall reply that there are no new truths.The role of the artist, like that of the scholar, consists in seizing current truths often repeated to him, but which will take on new meaning for him and which he will make his own when he has grasped their deepest significance” (Matisse). In the quote above, Matisse is stating that when it comes to art theory, science, practices, and ourselves, the truth about our essence is arguably present at all times. In his mind, whether one is referring to a painter or a scientist, their role as thinkers asks that they look at the truths which lay in front of them, and to then absorb them fully in order to make it one’s own. In other words, as a painter Matisse

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