Marc Chagall My Life Quotes & Sayings

My hands were too soft.. I had to find some special occupation, some kind of work that would not force me to turn away from the sky and the stars, that would allow me to discover the meaning of life. — Marc Chagall

But my knowledge of Marxism was limited to knowing that Marx was a Jew, and that he had a long white beard. I said to Lunatcharsky (the political communist commissar for Education, 1918, fh) 'Whatever you do, don't ask me why I painted in blue or green, and why you can see a calf inside the cow's belly, etc. On the other hand you're welcome: if Marx is so wise, let him come back to life and explain it himself'. I showed him my canvases. — Marc Chagall

I am a child who is getting on. — Marc Chagall

If all life moves inevitably towards its end, then we must, during our own, colour it with our colours of love and hope. — Marc Chagall

In the arts, as in life, everything is possible provided it is based on love. — Marc Chagall

Everything in art must spring from the movement of our whole life-stream, of our whole being - including the unconscious. — Marc Chagall

Changes in societal structure and in art would possess more credibility if they had their origins in the soul and spirit. If people read the words of the prophets with closer attention, they would find the keys to life. — Marc Chagall

You could wonder for hours what flowers mean, but for me, they're life itself, in all its happy brilliance. We couldn't do with out flowers. Flowers help you forget life's tragedies. — Marc Chagall

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist palette which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love. — Marc Chagall

What I mean by 'abstract' is something which comes to life spontaneously through a gamut of contrasts, plastic at the same time as psychic, and pervades both the picture and the eye of the spectator with conceptions of new and unfamiliar elements. — Marc Chagall

My name is Marc, my emotional life is sensitive and my purse is empty, but they say I have talent. — Marc Chagall