Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Marc Chagall on Color

Marc Zakharovich Chagall  b. 1887 d. March 1985, Russian born French artist and pioneer of European modern art. Select quotations:




“In our life there is a single color, as on an artist palette which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.”


Pink Lovers - 1916

“In the arts, as in life, everything is possible provided it is based on love.”


Old Woman with a Ball of Yarn - 1906


“You could wonder for hours what flowers mean, but for me, they're life itself, in all its happy brilliance. We couldn't do with out flowers. Flowers help you forget life's tragedies.”


Nu aux Fleurs - 1911


“Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.”


Paris through the Window - 1913


“Love and fantasy, go hand in hand.”


Wedding - 1918

“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.”


La Danse - 1928



Creative thoughts in fine art by Pieter Bergli

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