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

Quote by Marc Chagall

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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...

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.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

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.

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...

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 -...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you...

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you...

...human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give...

...human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give...

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon...

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon...

I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School...

I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School...

But the mother was marvellous above all, and worthy of honourable memory: for when she...

But the mother was marvellous above all, and worthy of honourable memory: for when she...

Maybe he's only a little bit crazy, like painters, or composers, or some of those...

Maybe he's only a little bit crazy, like painters, or composers, or some of those...