Marc Chagall (1887-1985), an emblematic figure of modern art, impressed us not only with his colorful, dreamlike paintings.
His words, just as evocative as his paintings, reveal a depth of soul and a poetic vision of the world. Through his reflections, he invites us to plunge into a universe where imagination and reality meet.
This article invites you to rediscover the artist from another angle, by exploring the 10 most beautiful quotes by Marc Chagall. Words that still resonate today with equal force and beauty.
by Art Shortlist - September 3, 2024
1 - If all life inevitably comes to an end, we must color ours with the colors of love and hope.
2 - Despite all the troubles of our world, I have never abandoned in my heart the love in which I was brought up, or the hope of man in love. In life, as on the artist's palette, there is only one color that gives meaning to life and art: the color of love.
3 - Art is the tireless effort to equal the beauty of flowers without ever succeeding.
4 - I chose painting because it was as necessary to me as food. It seemed like a window through which I could fly into another world.
5 - My circus is in the sky.
6 - If I create with my heart, almost everything works; if with my head, almost nothing.
7 - Only the great distance between Paris and my hometown kept me from returning immediately... It was the Louvre that put an end to all this hesitation... Here, in the Louvre, in front of canvases by Manet, Millet and others, I understood why my alliance with Russia and Russian art had not been forged. Why my language itself is foreign to them.
8 - I wake up in despair
Of a new day, of my desires
Not yet drawn
Not yet rubbed with color
9 - My mother's love for me was so great that I worked hard to justify it.
10 - My name is Marc, my emotional life is sensitive and my purse is empty, but they say I have talent.
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