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 lives there is a simple colour, as on an artists palatte, which provides the meaning of life and art. it is the colour of love. – 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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Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. – Martin Luther

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A great artist is always before his time or behind it. – George Moore

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For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh. – Georges Rouault

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And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves Its pretty, but is it Art? – Rudyard Kipling

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