Blank canvas Quote by Marianne Elliott

I'd like to write the way Matisse paints.

— A. S. Byatt

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

If I had to pick an artist that I look up to and am inspired by, it's Matisse because of how many times he…

— Frankie Cosmos

When I put my brush to canvas, I never know what I'm going to paint. It's like when you're walking down the street with…

— Peter Max

I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.

— Peter Max

Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He’s convinced…

— Pablo Picasso

My little Renoirs. Matisse describes having seen Renoir make these tiny canvases. When he had finished working, he would use up the color left…

— Jean Cocteau

I love putting paint on canvas, getting lost in the process of painting.

— Paul Simonon

“Your mind is the canvas upon which you are the artist. What will you paint on your canvas today? Will you draw a stick…

— James A. Murphy

Look, Matisse I ain't. You know how they have on the invitations, a reception for the artist will be held at... And I say,…

— Phil Stern

“The paper is your canvas. The pen is your brush. Create your masterpiece.”

— Julian Vaughan Hampton

“It's like being handed over a scantron sheet and demanded to paint a self-portrait on it. It's possible, of course, but why even bother…

— Alok Vaid-Menon