"Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge." — Aime Cesaire, French poet, born 1913
"It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint." — Aime Cesaire, French poet, born 1913
"Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else – by color." — Paul Cezanne, French painter, born 1839
"For me a stained glass window is a transparent partition between my heart and the heart of the world." — Marc Chagall, Belarussian-French artist, born 1887
"I've always painted pictures in which human love floods my colors." — Marc Chagall, Belarussian-French artist, born 1887
"In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love." — Marc Chagall, Belarussian-French artist, born 1887
"Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life." — Marc Chagall, Belarussian-French artist, born 1887
"You could wonder for hours what flowers mean, but for me, they're life itself, in all its happy brilliance. We couldn't do without flowers. Flowers help you forget life's tragedies." — Marc Chagall, Belarussian-French artist, born 1887
"The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world." — Marc Chagall, Belarussian_French artist, born 1887
"Will God or someone give me the power to breathe my sigh into my canvases, the sigh of prayer and sadness, the prayer of salvation, of rebirth?" — Marc Chagall, Belarussian-French artist, born 1887
"With all of you men out there who think that having a thousand different ladies is pretty cool, I have learned in my life I've found out that having one woman a thousand different times is much more satisfying." — Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player, born 1936
"I only drink champagne on two occasions. When I am in love and when I am not." — Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, born 1883