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> [The drawings don't start with 'a beautiful mark'. It has to be a mark of something out there in the world. It doesn't have to be an accurate drawing, but it has to stand for an observation, not something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/the-drawings-don-t-start-with-a-beautiful-mark-it-has-to-be-a-mark-of/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

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> [Accurate drawing, accurate colour, is perhaps not the essential thing to aim at, because the reflection of reality in a mirror, if it could be caught, colour and all, would not be a picture at all, no more than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/accurate-drawing-accurate-colour-is-perhaps-not-the-essential-thing/)

[Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/)

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