Marc Chagall, (1889-1985), French Artist Quotes

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 kind of 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 is bad art.

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers and never succeeding.

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.

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.

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 kind of 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 is bad art.

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

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.

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

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.