--- title: "9 Paint Canvas Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Paint Canvas quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Paint Canvas sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/nelson-shanks-28304_boredom_it-s-not-just-a-boring-exercise-in-pushi_2229680.jpg" --- > [It's not just a boring exercise in pushing oil paint around a canvas. It's a way of opening a threshold to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-shanks/it-s-not-just-a-boring-exercise-in-pushing-oil-paint-around-a-canvas/) [Nelson Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-shanks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/nelson-shanks-28304_boredom_it-s-not-just-a-boring-exercise-in-pushi_2229680.jpg) > [“Paint the canvas of your dreams with the blood of your sweat. You are the Picasso of your own life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhuwan-thapaliya/paint-the-canvas-of-your-dreams-with-the-blood-of-your-sweat-you-are/) [Bhuwan Thapaliya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhuwan-thapaliya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/bhuwan-thapaliya-2145_artist_paint-the-canvas-of-your-dreams-with-the_3009689.jpg) > [I love putting paint on canvas, getting lost in the process of painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simonon/i-love-putting-paint-on-canvas-getting-lost-in-the-process-of-painting/) [Paul Simonon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simonon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/paul-simonon-29501_artist_i-love-putting-paint-on-canvas-getting-l_393660.png) > [I constantly modify myself. There are downfalls to that because you are constantly trying to figure out who you are, but at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-zhao/i-constantly-modify-myself-there-are-downfalls-to-that-because-you/) [Chloe Zhao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-zhao/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/chloe-zhao-25563_artist_i-constantly-modify-myself-there-are-dow_2538983.jpg) > [It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/it-is-the-custom-of-venice-to-paint-on-canvas-either-because-it-does/) [Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/giorgio-vasari-29815_canvas_it-is-the-custom-of-venice-to-paint-on-c_1955379.jpg) > [I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful paint on a canvas with a beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-oehlen/i-want-to-make-beautiful-paintings-but-i-don-t-make-beautiful/) [Albert Oehlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-oehlen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/albert-oehlen-73144_artist_i-want-to-make-beautiful-paintings-but-i_3012577.jpg) > [“Your mind is the canvas upon which you are the artist. What will you paint on your canvas today? Will you draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-murphy/your-mind-is-the-canvas-upon-which-you-are-the-artist-what-will-you/) [James A. Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-murphy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/james-a-murphy-13461_art_your-mind-is-the-canvas-upon-which-you-a_2176923.jpg) > [Sometimes, in a portrait, I go straight in with paint onto canvas... Other than riding my bike up and down the hills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cobley/sometimes-in-a-portrait-i-go-straight-in-with-paint-onto-canvas-other/) [David Cobley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cobley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/david-cobley-61196_artist_sometimes-in-a-portrait-i-go-straight-in_2655309.jpg) > [You just don't know when you get all the paint across the canvas how it will turn out. When you step back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/you-just-don-t-know-when-you-get-all-the-paint-across-the-canvas-how/) [Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/ridley-scott-1610_across_you-just-don-t-know-when-you-get-all-the_455467.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/paint-canvas/#itemlist", "name": "Paint Canvas Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not just a boring exercise in pushing oil paint around a canvas. 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