Great art picks up where nature ends.

Quote by Marc Chagall

Topics: Art Quotes, Artists Quotes

The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing.

The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing.

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

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

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

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

My mother's love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it.

My mother's love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it.

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides...

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides...

I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went...

One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went...

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of...

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of...

My mother's love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it.

My mother's love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it.

One day a student asked Taiga, What is the most difficult part of painting? Taiga...

One day a student asked Taiga, What is the most difficult part of painting? Taiga...

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand...

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand...

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.