"We all know that a good person can be a bad artist. But no one will ever be a genuine artist unless he is a great human being and thus also a good one."
Marc Chagall
This gallery sells original prints and paintings by Marc Chagall, my favorite painter. (They also have works by Erte and Andy Warhol.) The curator showed me a few prints that go for $3,500+. “You can own a Chagall with just that,” he said. “But I could arrange an original painting for $800,000 for you if you want.” Umm, maybe in another life, mister. But I appreciate it.
“Flying Lovers” by Marc Chagall
Sometimes rain that’s needed falls
We float like two lovers in a painting by Chagall
All around is sky and blue town
Holding these flowers for a wedding gown
We live so high above the ground, satellites surround us.
I am humbled in this city
There seems to be an endless sea of people like us
Wakeful dreamers, I pass them on the sunlit streets
In our rooms filled with laughter
We make hope from every small disaster
