Artist Quote by Salvador Dali

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the…

— Camille Pissarro

I have a pathological fear of getting my picture taken.

— Neko Case

When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But…

— Michael Ironside

When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.

— Sam Shepard

It seems strange that some artists fear a blank canvas, when it has been a major contributory factor to great paintings.

— David Luiz

I worry about images. Images are what things mean.

— E. L. Doctorow

People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it…

— Hannah Kent

My biggest fear always is that I’ll photograph an idea rather than a person, so I try to be quite sensitive to how people…

— Anton Corbijn

Painting my nails was one of the things I liked to do, and I was so terrified of, like, ever letting anybody see my…

— Teddy Geiger

I've always been curious about the things that I'm afraid to look at, that make me embarrassed or bother me.

— Wangechi Mutu

The canvas has an idiotic stare and mesmerises some painters so much that they turn into idiots themselves.

— Vincent Van Gogh

Sometimes something is so frightening I must look at it this closely or dismiss it altogether. Sometimes it's so stunningly beautiful I feel completely…

— Andrea Modica