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If a symbol should be discovered in a painting of mine, it was not my intention. It is a result I did not seek. It is something that may be found afterwards, and which can be interpreted according to taste.

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Marc Chagall
Age: 97 †
Born: 1887
Born: July 7
Died: 1985
Died: March 28
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