One day a student asked Taiga, What is the most difficult part of painting? Taiga answered, The part of the paper where nothing is painted is the most difficult

Quote by Marc Chagall

Topics: Painting Quotes

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...

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.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

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

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

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 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 fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing.

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

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...

I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

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 -...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

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.

The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.

The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.

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.

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...