Canvas Quotes

452 Canvas quotes by 358 unique authors

I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always strive to give… — Henri Matisse
Colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas. — Edvard Munch
Before a painter puts a brush to his canvas, he sees his picture mentally.... If you think of yourself in terms of a painting, what… — Thomas Dreier
Just slap something on it when you see a blank canvas staring at you with a sort of imbecility. — Vincent Van Gogh
It's hard to be fully creative without structure and constraint. Try to paint without a canvas. Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same… — David Allen
Do you remember the church across the sands? You stood outside and planned to travel the lands, where the pilgrims go. So you packed your… — Al Stewart
Each solstice is a domain of experience unto itself. At the Summer Solstice, all is green and growing, potential coming into being, the miracle of… — Gary Zukav
You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took his inheritance, seven hundred kronen, and moved to Vienna to live and study...… — Steven Pressfield
It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture. — Winston Churchill
The artist invites the spectator to take a journey within the realm of the canvas... Without taking the journey, the spectator has really missed the… — Mark Rothko
Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals. Preferably big ones. — Donald Trump
People are much like those stars up there. Some burn faintly for millions of years, barely visible to us on earth. They're there, but you'd… — Sarah Jio
Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the truly passionate painter who dares-and who has once broken… — Vincent Van Gogh
I'm half-Welsh, half-Russian. My maternal grandmother is Russian. I've very much a mongrel, which is good in a way because it makes me quite a… — Sophia Myles
Chavez will hit the canvas. He will be sitting in his corner, or with the doctor or referee stopping the fight. There's no other outcome. — Sergio Martinez
Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season. — Ambrose Bierce
White. A blank page or canvas. So many possibilities. — Stephen Sondheim
I must go to Nature disarmed of perspective and stretch myself like a large transparent canvas upon her in the hope that, my submission being… — John Updike
I used to flirt with fundamentalism, and I had this idea that creation was something that happened. Now I see creation as something that is… — Michael Gungor
So worried was I that people would see through the painting into my soul - and guess at secret Alison stuff - that I scraped… — Allison Mackie

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