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

Quote by Marc Chagall

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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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I...

Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I...

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

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

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

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

Vermont's a place where barns come painted, Red as a strong man's heart, Where stout...

Vermont's a place where barns come painted, Red as a strong man's heart, Where stout...

Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If...

Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If...