Marc Chagall

Visual Arts Russia 1887 – 1985 99 quotes

Modernist dreamer of floating figures and Jewish folklore, poetic in vision.

Quotes by Marc Chagall

Colors are the smiles of nature.

Letter 1905

To paint is to dream with colors.

Speech 1968

My life is a perpetual dream.

Book 1915

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

Interview 1942

I find my subjects in the countryside.

Letter 1923

The muse is always a little ahead of me.

Autobiography 1951

Exile is the price of freedom.

Speech 1939

I paint with my heart.

Interview 1909

Memories are the source of my inspiration.

Book 1962

The goat is my symbol of liberty.

Letter 1949

Joy is the color of life.

Interview 1975

I am a citizen of the world.

Speech 1956

Painting is my prayer.

Book 1927

The floating figures are my dreams taking flight.

Autobiography 1936

Life is a canvas, and I paint it with love.

Interview 1961

Tradition is the guardian of the soul.

Letter 1918

I laugh at the absurdities of war.

Speech 1943

My colors sing the songs of my village.

Book 1912

In the end, we are all dreamers.

Deathbed 1985