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title: "9 Big Canvas Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Big Canvas quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Big Canvas sayings and thoughts."
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> [Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-kaye/life-is-a-great-big-canvas-and-you-should-throw-all-the-paint-on-it/)

[Danny Kaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-kaye/)

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> [Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-forgotten/life-is-a-great-big-canvas-throw-all-the-paint-on-it-you-can/)

[The Forgotten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-forgotten/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/the-forgotten-1824_canvas_life-is-a-great-big-canvas-throw-all-the_362774.jpg)

> [Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-kaye/life-is-a-great-big-canvas-and-you-should-throw-all-the-paint-you-can/)

[Danny Kaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-kaye/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/danny-kaye-19489_life_life-is-a-great-big-canvas-and-you-shoul_1047203.jpg)

> [“Life is a great big canvas,and you should throw all paint you can on it……”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-kaye/life-is-a-great-big-canvas-and-you-should-throw-all-paint-you-can-on/)

[Danny Kaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-kaye/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/danny-kaye-19489_life_life-is-a-great-big-canvas-and-you-shoul_1597938.jpg)

> [“Life is a great big canvas; throw all tje paint you can at it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-kaye/life-is-a-great-big-canvas-throw-all-tje-paint-you-can-at-it/)

[Danny Kaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-kaye/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/danny-kaye-19489_art_life-is-a-great-big-canvas-throw-all-tje_2589076.jpg)

> [For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ang-lee/for-a-filmmaker-it-s-a-rare-chance-to-do-a-personal-film-on-a-big/)

[Ang Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ang-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/ang-lee-2496_bigs_for-a-filmmaker-it-s-a-rare-chance-to-do_309808.png)

> [Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-a-great-big-canvas-throw-all-the-paint-you-can-at-it/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/anonymous-1_canvas_life-is-a-great-big-canvas-throw-all-the_2273331.jpg)

> [“Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can on it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-kaye/life-is-a-great-big-canvas-throw-all-the-paint-you-can-on-it/)

[Danny Kaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-kaye/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/danny-kaye-19489_fun_life-is-a-great-big-canvas-throw-all-the_1708798.jpg)

> [ I've never been front and centre as an iconic American character \[like in Doctor Strange\]. Day to day, you know you're painting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-ve-never-been-front-and-centre-as-an-iconic-american-character-like/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_american-character_i-ve-never-been-front-and-centre-as-an-i_1132407.jpg)

## Top authors on Big Canvas

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-danny-kaye-26721.jpg) Danny Kaye 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-canvas/danny-kaye/)

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