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Marc Chagall, born on July 6, 1887, and died on March 28, 1985, was a prominent Jewish artist from Russia. Known for his unique use of color and dreamlike style, Chagall's works often blend Jewish traditions and Russian folk art elements.

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Famous Marc Chagall Quotes

“The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.”

World Long Art Lying Artist Sleep Wonder Duty Dignity Method Strive Tendencies Awake Vary Stimulation Sense Of Wonder

Author:Marc Chagall

“All our interior world is reality, and that, perhaps, more so than our apparent world.”

World Reality Serenity Interiors

Book:Marc Chagall, sculpture, ceramics, etchings for the fables of La Fontaine

Source: Marc Chagall, sculpture, ceramics, etchings for the fables of La Fontaine

“For me a stained glass window is a transparent partition between my heart and the heart of the world.”

World Heart My Heart Window Glasses Transparent Partition Stained Glass Stained Glass Windows

Book:Marc Chagall on art and culture: including the first book on Chagall's art by A. Efros and Ya. Tugendhold (Moscow, 1918)

Source: Marc Chagall on art and culture: including the first book on Chagall's art by A. Efros and Ya. Tugendhold (Moscow, 1918)

“Despite all the troubles of our world, in my heart I have never given up on the love in which I was brought up or on man's hope in love. In life, just as on the artist's palette, there is but one single colour that gives meaning to life and art–the colour of love”

Men World Giving Heart Art Artist Given Trouble My Heart Despite Colour Our World Given Up Meaning Life Palette

Book:Marc Chagall: 1887-1985

Source: Marc Chagall: 1887-1985

About the Author

Born: July 6, 1887
Died: March 28, 1985
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 67

Books & Sources

Marc Chagall: 1887-1985Related source material

Marc Chagall on art and culture: including the first book on Chagall's art by A. Efros and Ya. Tugendhold (Moscow, 1918)Related source material

My lifeRelated source material

Marc Chagall, sculpture, ceramics, etchings for the fables of La FontaineRelated source material

Marc Chagall and His Times: A Documentary NarrativeRelated source material

Marc Chagall: my life, my dream : Berlin and Paris, 1922-1940Related source material

Marc Chagall: works from the collections of the Museé national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, ParisRelated source material

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