Marc Chagall

"At present there is an extremely exaggerated formation of groups around 'trend'; there are 1. young people following Malevich and 2. young people following me. We both belong to the left-wing artistic…"

"'There you are', said Efros , leading me into a dark room, 'These walls are all yours, you can do what you like with them'. It was a completely demolished apartment that had been abandoned by bourgeoi…"

"article about Chagall's works in 'The Chagall Museum in Nice; Gerry art in Nice, Oct. 2013"

"Listen what happened to me when I was in the fifth form , in the drawing lesson. An old-timer in the front row, the one who pinched me the most often, suddenly showed me a sketch on tissue paper, copi…"

"Only the great distance that separates Paris from my native town prevented me from going back.. .It was the Louvre that put end to all these hesitations. When I walked around the circular Veronese roo…"

"But my knowledge of Marxism was limited to knowing that Marx was a Jew, and that he had a long white beard. I said to Lunatcharsky 'Whatever you do, don't ask me why I painted in blue or green, and wh…"

"..No academy could have given me all I discovered by getting my teeth into the exhibitions, the shop windows, and the museums of Paris. Beginning with the market – where, for lack of money, I bought o…"

"If I weren't a Jew then I wouldn't be an artist, or at least not the one I am now."