Henri Matisse/gertrude Stein Acad%c3%a9mie Matisse and The Cone Sisters

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    I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.
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    If you do not remember while you are writing, it may seem confused to others but actually it is clear and eventually that clarity will be clear, that is what a master-piece is, but if you remember while you are writing it will seem clear at the time to any one but the clarity will go out of it that is what a master- piece is not.
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    Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
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