When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.
Marc ChagallWhat counts is art. painting, a kind of painting that is quite different from what everyone makes it out to be. But what kind? Will God or someone else give me the strength to breathe the breath of prayer and mourning into my paintings, the breath of prayer for redemption and resurrection?
Marc ChagallMy name is Marc, my emotional life is sensitive and my purse is empty, but they say I have talent.
Marc ChagallFor me a stained glass window is a transparent partition between my heart and the heart of the world.
Marc Chagall