Art Quote by Betty Goodwin

A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is essentially a public, presented…

— John Berger

Drawing creates its own kind of private space. Coupled with certain interests that I want to speak to in my art, it's really kind…

— Jerry Pinkney

I think it's important to keep things private, and there are certain boundaries I feel very particular about drawing. It may seem fastidious, but…

— Jodhi May

“I think drawing is a celebration and connection to my childhood. To draw in public is to open yourself to people with a kind…

— Bill McDonough

Of all the creative acts performed by the artist, the most directly legible is drawing... it is the act that is most directly and…

— Rene Huyghe

A drawing of the nude is a most revealing expression because it is at once the most private and the most personal. Often such…

— Mervyn Levy

Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality.

— Edgar Degas

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself

— Kenneth Tynan

Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.

— Edgar Degas

Maybe now if you're not an exhibitionist you're private. Or maybe it's just that for a lot of people - sometimes in interesting ways,…

— Ben Lerner

Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.

— Marc Davis

Art is a person's private vision expressed in aesthetic forms.

— Chaim Potok