20 Quotes & Sayings By Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall was a Russian-French artist born in Russia. He is considered to be the greatest artist of the 20th century. Chagall was an important member of the avant garde art movement. He became well known for his distinct style of painting, which was influenced by folk art. Chagall's work reflects his Jewish heritage, being both realistic and expressionistic, and features non-traditional images (e.g Read more

flowers, fruit, etc). His work is generally painted in a large scale on canvas in vibrant colors. Chagall's most famous works include "The Five Beggars" (1929), "The Gleaners" (1934) and "The Tower of Babel" (1937); however, it is often difficult to assess the exact meaning behind his paintings, as he had no intention of explaining them in any detail.

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Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration. Marc Chagall
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In the arts, as in life, everything is possible provided it is based on love. Marc Chagall
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All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. Marc Chagall
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Love and fantasy, go hand in hand. Marc Chagall
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If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing. Marc Chagall
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I had only to open my bedroom window, and blue air, love, and flowers entered with her”. Marc Chagall
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In my youth poverty enriched me but now I can afford wealth. Marc Chagall
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The fingers must be educated the thumb is born knowing. Marc Chagall
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In our life there is a single color as on an artist's palette which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love. Marc Chagall
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Time is a river without banks. Marc Chagall
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All colours are the friends of their neighbours and the lovers of their opposites. Marc Chagall
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All our interior world is reality - and that perhaps more so than our apparent world. Marc Chagall
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In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love. Marc Chagall
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Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love. Marc Chagall
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Work isn't to make money you work to justify life. Marc Chagall
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I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment. Marc Chagall
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Great art picks up where nature ends. Marc Chagall
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I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more. Marc Chagall
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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. Marc Chagall