Quote by Marc Chagall
When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to i

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 theres a clash between the two, its bad art. – Marc Chagall

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In our life there is a single color, as on an artists palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of 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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The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. – Marc Chagall

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