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Blank Canvas Quotes

Lines on facing the empty page before creating.

These quotes treat the blank canvas as both opportunity and dread, comparing it to fine dining that takes real effort and to acting as a way of becoming Freedom itself.

Let's just say, if I weren't a model, I'd be a walking collage. I see my body as a blank canvas that's aching to be decorated; I find it all very fascinating.

Quotes by Abbey Lee Kershaw

With this film, 'Need For Speed,' with this, we had a blank canvas to work with. What we had to do was have fast cars, and that's it.

Quotes by Aaron Paul

By itself, tofu is like wet foam rubber, but you'd no more eat it by itself and expect fine dining than you would stare at a blank canvas and expect to see fine art.

Quotes by Victoria Moran

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 was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena...

Quotes by Hannah Kent

Beginning Quotes

That was the fun of acting, being a blank canvas you could transform into the character - Indian princess, 20s vamp, Mother Courage, Oxford don, 94-year-old wife.

Quotes by Diana Quick

I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.

Quotes by Daniel Boulud

The mountains seem to have conquered us long before we set foot on them, and they will remain long after our brief existence. This indomitable force of the mountains gives us humans a blank canvas on which to paint the...

Quotes by Conrad Anker

The mild creaminess of cottage cheese makes it a perfect blank canvas for almost any flavor combination, savory or sweet. Since it's so soft, I usually try to give it some textural contrast in the form of something crunchy. Brightening...

Quotes by Claire Saffitz

My manager and I were broke for about three years together. That was the worst time of our lives and the best time of our lives. You have nothing, and it also is this great blank canvas of how to...

Quotes by Cam

Creativity Quotes

In 2008 all the stars aligned perfectly for Obama's 6-point victory over John McCain. He was an inexperienced, untested neophyte, and successfully convinced enough voters to paint their own version of what hope-and-change was all about on the blank canvas...

Quotes by Bob Beauprez

Jazz can be a blank canvas full of possibilities.

Quotes by Barbara Januszkiewicz

An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on which to draw the characters he plays.

Quotes by Arthur Lowe

My face is almost like a canvas - a blank canvas in the sense that the hair on my face is very, very fine and my skin is incredibly fair and my hair is quite dark, and that's very unusual.

Quotes by Andrea Riseborough

It's a marvellous life, a gregarious life that we've had. We're very lucky in that way. Unlike writers or painters, we don't sit down in front of a blank canvas and say, 'How do I start? Where do I start?'

Quotes by Albert Finney

Expression Quotes

As long as you're true to you, you believe it and you make others believe it, then what you're doing is just art. If you give everybody a blank canvas and some paint, not everybody's picture is going to be...

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does the blank canvas symbolize in these quotes?
It stands for both creative opportunity and genuine fear, the moment before anything exists on the page, stage, or canvas.
Is there a quote comparing acting to a blank canvas?
Yes, one describes acting itself as being a blank canvas, transformed into wildly different characters from an Oxford don to an Indian princess.
Does any quote describe the fear of starting something new?
One does vividly, comparing the fear of a blank canvas to being abducted from bed and thrust into a circus without warning.
Is there a food-related comparison in this set?
Yes, one quote compares tofu's blandness to staring at a blank canvas and expecting fine art without any real effort.
What broader themes does this page connect to?
It ties closely into Creativity and the Freedom that comes with starting something entirely new.

One line describes the fear of starting as far more than a passing hesitation, closer to being pulled into a circus without warning. See more on Creativity and the leap into something new.