Henri Matisse was told by Gustave Moreau, his teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, "You were born to ________."

A. be a lawyer
B. simplify painting
C. outdo me
D. sell art, not make it
E. bring joy with your paintings


B
After a period of experimentation, Matisse exploded on the Paris art scene with his simple compositions of pure, intense, and arbitrary color.

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