Quotes by Chagall, Marc

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made obj >>

When I am finishing a picture I hold some God-made object up to it -- >>

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their >>

Quotations about Arts and Artists

Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the >>

Art is the path of the creator to his work. >>

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invent >>

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 kind of final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it is bad art.

Chagall, Marc