Quotes from Marc Chagall
In my youth, poverty enriched me, but now I can afford wealth.
— Marc Chagall
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
Time is a river without banks.
— Marc Chagall
The fingers must be educated the thumb is born knowing.
— Marc Chagall
Color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.
— Marc Chagall
Art seems to me to be above all a state of soul.
— Marc Chagall
Great art picks up where nature ends.
— Marc Chagall
The habit of ignoring Nature is deeply implanted in our times. This attitude reminds me of people who never look you in the eye; I find them disturbing and always have to look away.
— Marc Chagall
Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.
— Marc Chagall
Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.
— Marc Chagall
My mother's love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it.
— Marc Chagall
Will God or someone give me the power to breathe my sigh into my canvases, the sigh of prayer and sadness, the prayer of salvation, of rebirth?
— Marc Chagall