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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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Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love. – Marc Chagall

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