Light Quote by Christian Bobin

“You think you're the painter, but you're the canvas”

— John Green

A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.

— Keith Richards

“We are all artists; painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Even within the dark paint on a canvas, and the shadows in a photograph, there is light.”

— Melissa Bond

“Unveil the shade of your soul through the paint brush of your life. Let the colors run true, let the canvas be bright.”

— Shady Grace

“The painters could be identified by dirty fingernails; the writers by conversation in labored monosyllables and aggressive vulgarities which disguised their minds.”

— William Gaddis

“You can’t colour your world with someone’s paint.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

The substance of painting is light.

— Andre Derain

“The love of the painter standing alone and staring, staring at the great coloured surface he is making. Standing with him in the room…

— Mervyn Peake

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“Musicians have notes. Painters have paint. Writers have words.”

— Lisa Fantino

He asked himself what is a woman standing on the stairs in the shadow, listening to distant music, a symbol of. If he were…

— James Joyce