Anything Quote by Gerhard Richter

Never knowingly leave anything wrong on your canvas.

— Richard Schmid

I often use an old canvas and I particularly enjoy painting over something I've already done, allowing bits to come jumping through accidentally.

— Myfanwy Pavelic

Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.

— Camille Pissarro

Just slap something on it when you see a blank canvas staring at you with a sort of imbecility.

— Vincent Van Gogh

I really enjoy squeezing out a big lump of paint directly onto the canvas and leaving it; fresh, immediate and sometimes shocking.

— John Dyer

Never, never do I set to work on a canvas in the state it comes in from the shop. I provoke accidents - a…

— Joan Miro

While I am working I am not conscious of what I am putting on the canvas.

— Pablo Picasso

I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it, I destroy it…

— Al Pacino

You have the clean canvas of a whole week before you. Paint well.

— Dave Ramsey

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel…

— Carly Simon

Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according to rules…

— Camille Pissarro

You just don't know when you get all the paint across the canvas how it will turn out. When you step back after you've…

— Ridley Scott