What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or disturbing subject matter, an art which could be for every mental worker, for the businessman was well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or disturbing subject matter, an art which could be for every mental worker, for the businessman was well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue." in the context of "Henri Matisse "Notes d'un Peintre" in La Grande Revue (Paris, 25 December 1908); as translated by Jack Flam in Matisse on Art (1995)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.