“I control what I want to reveal. You are allowed to explore only the part of my memory that I’m willing to share. I’ve concealed the rest of it.” — Chandrika Marla
“Like Rothko, she believes that color can serve as an instrument to fulfill a greater purpose. For her, part of that purpose is to celebrate women’s ability to rise above trauma and loss and become what they are truly meant to become.” — Maria Porges
“The more simple Marla’s abstractions are, the more they become purely essential states of mind. Pulsating with a life of their own, they reflect an emotional wisdom about human intuition, and the ever-changing nature of feelings and moods as seen through the prism of ancient Indian aesthetics.” — Diane Thodos, Neoteric Art