You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.

Henri Matisse
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Understanding the way to express emotion in art is not something you can learn by passing it through your mind. It is true that you need to know your subject well, but it is not enough. You also need to remember what you know. What you know is not something that can be perfectly expressed in words, but it can be expressed in many ways, like the works of art. Art expresses our feelings through actions and movements, but without forgetting what you know about your subject.

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