All Marc Chagall Quotes
- Will God or someone give me the power to breathe my sigh into my canvases, the sigh of prayer and sadness, the prayer of salvation,… Breathe
- If a symbol should be discovered in a painting of mine, it was not my intention. It is a result I did not seek. It… According
- One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went up to her and taking her by her flour-smeared elbow… Bread
- For me Christ has always symbolized the true type of the Jewish martyr. Christ
- What counts is art. painting, a kind of painting that is quite different from what everyone makes it out to be. But what kind? Will… Art
- I am a little Jew of Vitebsk. All that I paint, all that I do, all that I am, is just the little Jew of… All
- Mozart never composed anything, ever! He copied what was written on his soul. Anything Ever
- You cannot explain me with "isms." They are very bad for an artist. What one must believe in is color. Art
- Can my words distill for you a little sweetness, tender and caressing? Caressing
- If I create with my heart almost all my intentions remain. If it is with the head - almost nothing. An artist must not fear… Absolutely
- Art seems to me to be above all a state of soul. All souls are sacred, the soul of all the bipeds in every quarter… All
- If I weren't a Jew then I wouldn't be an artist, or at least not the one I am now. Artist
- For me a stained glass window is a transparent partition between my heart and the heart of the world. Glass
- If all life moves inevitably towards its end, then we must, during our own, colour it with our colours of love and hope. All
- To call everything that appears illogical, fantasy, fairy tale, or chimera would be practically to admit not understanding nature. Admit
- Despite all the troubles of our world, in my heart I have never given up on the love in which I was brought up or… All
- When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it Art
- One must always be careful not to let one's work be covered with moss. Careful
- Neither Imperial Russia, nor the Russia of the Soviets needs me. They don't understand me. I am a stranger to them. I'm certain Rembrandt loves… Certain
- But perhaps my art is the art of a lunatic, I thought, mere glittering quicksilver, a blue soul breaking in upon my pictures. Art
- The most authentic Russian Impressionism leaves one perplexed if one compares it with Monet and Pissarro. Here, in the Louvre, before the canvases of Manet,… Alliance
- The stars were my best friends. The air was full of legends and phantoms, full of mythical and fairy tale creatures, which suddenly flew away… Air
- The habit of ignoring Nature is deeply implanted in our times. This attitude reminds me of people who never look you in the eye; I… Attitude
- In my youth, poverty enriched me, but now I can afford wealth. Adversity
- Changes in societal structure and in art would possess more credibility if they had their origins in the soul and spirit. If people read the… Art