Marc Chagall quotes and words of wisdom

"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."
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"I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more."
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"Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers and never succeeding."
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Interesting Quotes

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other alternatives.Abba Eban - Israeli (S. African-born) diplomat & politician (1915 - 2002)

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.W. Somerset Maugham - English dramatist & novelist (1874 - 1965)