“I wish that the circuses that were around now felt like they did then. They're not quite as elegant or as magical as they used to be. There was something about the old tent shows, the Big Top, the canvas, the lights, the sawdust, the hay and the animals that's just missing now. Now, it's all urbanized and maybe a little garish.” LittlesShowsBigsLightUsedWishFeltAnimalMissingUsed To BeCanvasElegantCircusTentsHaySawdust Author:Francis Lawrence
“The beauty of science fiction is its open canvas. You can hypothesize about any element of the world. It doesn't have to be laser battles and things exploding, you can be JG Ballad and maybe just change one little thing about the real world and that becomes science fiction.” WorldLittlesRealFictionBattleElementsScience FictionLittle ThingsReal WorldCanvasBalladsExplodingLasers Author:Duncan Jones
“I let myself go. I thought little of the houses and trees, but applied colour stripes and spots to the canva... Within me sounded the memory of early evening in Moscow, before my eyes was the strong, colour-saturated scale of the Munich light and atmosphere, which thundered deeply in the shadows.” LittlesLightEyeHouseStrongMemoriesTreeShadowScalesSpotsEveningAtmosphereColourCanvasMoscowStripesSaturatedMunich Author:Wassily Kandinsky
“Throw away those little pieces of paper. Get yourself a big, beautiful canvas. Bring from this nature the most beautiful colors. Find the serene scene within. Find the joy in each corner of your life. Sit still and feel what is within you. Sit still and paint like you have never painted before.” FeelsLittlesStillsBigsBeautifulJoyPiecesColorLike YouScenePaperPaintCornersWithin YouCanvasRenewalSereneBeautiful Colors Author:Prem Rawat
“It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because pictures can be made of any size desired, or else for convenience... so that they can be sent anywhere with very little trouble and expense.” LittlesDoeMadeTroubleMaterialsPaintSizeExpensesCustomsSplitsCanvasWormsConvenienceVenice Book:The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects Source: The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
“Keep this little canvas, it is a promise for the future. When I say 'keep this canvas,' I mean for the influence on yourself. When one does a good thing, it's well to keep it to show how foolish we are at other times.” WellsMeanLittlesDoeShowsInfluencePromiseFutureGood ThingsFoolishCanvas Book:Charles Webster Hawthorne Source: Charles Webster Hawthorne
“I throw down the gauntlet to chance. For example, I prepare the ground for a picture by cleaning my brush over the canvas. Spilling a little turpentine can also be helpful.” LittlesChanceExampleAccidentsHelpfulCanvasBrushesCleaningSpillingGauntlet Author:Joan Miro
“When you think of painting as painting it is rather absurd. The real world is before us - glorious sunlight and activity and fresh air, and high speed motor cars and television, all the animation - a world apart from a little square of canvas that you smear paint on.” ThinkingWorldLittlesRealAirCarTelevisionPaintingActivityPaintSpeedAbsurdGloriousReal WorldSquaresSunlightCanvasAnimationMotorFresh AirHigh SpeedWorlds ApartMotor Cars Author:Wayne Thiebaud