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title: "2 Baggage Quotes By Henri Matisse"
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> [Hatred, rancor, and the spirit of vengeance are useless baggage to the artist. His road is difficult enough for him to cleanse his soul of everything which could make it more so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/hatred-rancor-and-the-spirit-of-vengeance-are-useless-baggage-to-the/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/henri-matisse-1641_art_hatred-rancor-and-the-spirit-of-vengeanc_1650333.jpg)

> [I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were right, assuming I had not been clear enough to be understood. This assumption allowed me to work my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-have-always-sought-to-be-understood-and-while-i-was-taken-to-task/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/henri-matisse-1641_anger_i-have-always-sought-to-be-understood-an_2763903.jpg)

## More by Henri Matisse

> [The wall around the window does not create two worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/the-wall-around-the-window-does-not-create-two-worlds/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/arrival-prison-and-the-artist-must-never-be-a-prisoner/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [To arrive is to be in prison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/to-arrive-is-to-be-in-prison/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/when-i-saw-what-a-mess-everything-was-in-i-asked-for-my-money-back-on/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [A painting in an interior spreads joy around it by the colors, which calm us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/a-painting-in-an-interior-spreads-joy-around-it-by-the-colors-which/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/color-was-not-given-to-us-in-order-that-we-should-imitate-nature-it/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/if-it-is-practiced-by-a-man-of-taste-the-photograph-will-have-the/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-have-always-tried-to-hide-my-efforts-and-wished-my-works-to-have-a/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/the-chief-function-of-color-should-be-to-serve-expression-as-well-as/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [One gets into a state of creativity by conscious work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/one-gets-into-a-state-of-creativity-by-conscious-work/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/my-pictures-are-made-up-of-four-or-five-colors-that-collide-with-one/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [What I dream of is an art of balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/what-i-dream-of-is-an-art-of-balance/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [...I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-am-driven-on-by-an-idea-that-i-really-only-grasp-as-it-grows-with/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-don-t-paint-things-i-only-paint-the-difference-between-things/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

> [After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/after-a-half-century-of-hard-work-and-reflection-the-wall-is-still/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

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