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

Quote by Marc Chagall

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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.

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 -...

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.

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...

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 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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

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...