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

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...

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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 -...

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should...

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should...

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...