It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
White. A blank page or canvas. So many possibilities.
Just slap something on it when you see a blank canvas staring at you with a sort of imbecility.
An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.
I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few arbitrary marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue.
Ultimately, we are all products of the experiences we have and the decisions we make as children, and it remains a peculiar detail of human condition that something as precious as the future is entrusted to us when we possess so little foresight. Perhaps that's what makes hindsight so intriguing. When you're young the future is a blank canvas, but looking back you are always able to see the big picture.
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