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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I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more. – 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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Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century. – Marshall McLuhan

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Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

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People who dont like me talk about it as though Im trash because I have tattoos. I find that insane because its 2008, not the 1950s. Tattoos arent limited to sailors. Its a form of art I find beautiful. I love it. – Megan Fox

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The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible. – Hillary Clinton

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