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