--- title: "3 Canvas Quotes By Martin Scorsese" description: "3 Canvas quotes by Martin Scorsese. Plus more from Martin Scorsese and more Canvas sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/martin-scorsese-1663_artist_i-m-not-videotaping-my-life-but-in-a-way_327112.jpg" --- > [I'm not videotaping my life, but in a way I am trying to put certain things about myself on canvas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-m-not-videotaping-my-life-but-in-a-way-i-am-trying-to-put-certain/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/martin-scorsese-1663_artist_i-m-not-videotaping-my-life-but-in-a-way_327112.jpg) > [I'm often asked by younger filmmakers, 'Why do I need to look at old movies?' I've made a number of pictures in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-m-often-asked-by-younger-filmmakers-why-do-i-need-to-look-at-old/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/martin-scorsese-1663_canvas_i-m-often-asked-by-younger-filmmakers-wh_1065295.jpg) > [I always tell the younger filmmakers and students: Do it like the painters used to...Study they old masters. Enrich your palette. Expand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-always-tell-the-younger-filmmakers-and-students-do-it-like-the/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/martin-scorsese-1663_canvas_i-always-tell-the-younger-filmmakers-and_1677574.jpg) ## Other authors on Canvas - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anna-bartlett-warner-13611.jpg) Philip Guston 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/philip-guston/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pablo-picasso-73081.jpg) Pablo Picasso 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/pablo-picasso/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-danny-kaye-26721.jpg) Danny Kaye 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/danny-kaye/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vincent-van-gogh-93793.jpg) Vincent Van Gogh 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/vincent-van-gogh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernard-beckett-17293.jpg) Charles Webster Hawthorne 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/charles-webster-hawthorne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wassily-kandinsky-94601.jpg) Wassily Kandinsky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/wassily-kandinsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alfred-jodl-11301.jpg) John Constable 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/john-constable/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joan-miro-50198.jpg) Joan Miro 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/joan-miro/) ## More by Martin Scorsese > [The young people today are the 21st century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/the-young-people-today-are-the-21st-century/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/there-was-always-a-part-of-me-that-wanted-to-be-an-old-time-director/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [Being independent... is being innovative out of inspiration as well as necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/being-independent-is-being-innovative-out-of-inspiration-as-well-as/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-have-a-desire-to-tell-stories-and-i-m-never-quite-satisfied/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [We can't keep thinking in a limited way about what cinema is. We still don't know what cinema is. Maybe cinema could only really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/we-can-t-keep-thinking-in-a-limited-way-about-what-cinema-is-we-still/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [As a child I had terrible asthma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/as-a-child-i-had-terrible-asthma/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [Rock & roll seemed to just come to us, on the radio and in the record stores. It became our music. . . But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/rock-roll-seemed-to-just-come-to-us-on-the-radio-and-in-the-record/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [Working with HBO was an opportunity to experience creative freedom and 'long-form development' that filmmakers didn't have a chance to do before the emergence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/working-with-hbo-was-an-opportunity-to-experience-creative-freedom/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/any-film-or-to-me-any-creative-endeavour-no-matter-who-you-re-working/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [I've been extremely lucky to work with Elmer Bernstein, Howard Shore over the years, but I've always imagined films with my own scores, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-ve-been-extremely-lucky-to-work-with-elmer-bernstein-howard-shore/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [People want to classify and say, 'OK, this is a gangster film.' 'This is a Western.' 'This is a... ' You know? It's easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/people-want-to-classify-and-say-ok-this-is-a-gangster-film-this-is-a/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [I wish I could do everything in 3D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-wish-i-could-do-everything-in-3d/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [“Movies touch our hearts and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places, they open doors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/movies-touch-our-hearts-and-awaken-our-vision-and-change-the-way-we/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [You have to remain strong. That's the kind of filmmaker I want to encourage. Orson Welles was the one who said, you know, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/you-have-to-remain-strong-that-s-the-kind-of-filmmaker-i-want-to/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [You can be born-again and believe in Jesus, believe in Jesus' ideas and try to live them out, without becoming totally intolerant of other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/you-can-be-born-again-and-believe-in-jesus-believe-in-jesus-ideas-and/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/martin-scorsese/#itemlist", "name": "3 Canvas Quotes By Martin Scorsese", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not videotaping my life, but in a way I am trying to put certain things about myself on canvas.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Scorsese" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-m-not-videotaping-my-life-but-in-a-way-i-am-trying-to-put-certain/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/martin-scorsese-1663_artist_i-m-not-videotaping-my-life-but-in-a-way_327112.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/martin-scorsese-1663_artist_i-m-not-videotaping-my-life-but-in-a-way_327112.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/martin-scorsese-1663_artist_i-m-not-videotaping-my-life-but-in-a-way_327112.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not videotaping my life, but in a way I am trying to put certain things about myself on canvas.” — Martin Scorsese", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm often asked by younger filmmakers, 'Why do I need to look at old movies?' 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