Concentration Quote by Brandon Sanderson

“You learned this,” Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, “from a book.” “Er…yes?” He looked back at the picture. “I need to…

— Brandon Sanderson

“You will draw more,” Pattern whispered. “I don’t want to.” Shallan blinked free more tears. “I will not stop vibrating. The wind will not…

— Brandon Sanderson

“I would ask my teacher a question," Yehonala said. "Ask," Lady Miao replied. She was brushing fine quick strokes upon a large sheet of…

— Pearl S. Buck

“Drawing makes you look at the world more closely. It helps you see what you’re looking at more clearly. Did you know that?”

— David Almond

“My hands are out of practice, my eyes disused. Most of what I do is drawing, because the preparation of the surface, the laborious…

— Margaret Atwood

“With no sums to keep his conscience at bay, the black book loomed large, creeping into his line of sight. He scanned the room…

— Karen Witemeyer

“It had been a morning of vivid images: the man-made streams, the rats in the butchers’ shops, the stacks of new-minted silver pennies, and…

— Ken Follett

“Sitting at a crowded table with men who did not share a common language with you, listening to them talk and jape whilst understanding…

— George R.R. Martin

“Focus, my little Seer, you have time to contemplate my good looks at another time,” Khol said with amusement. “I’m not doing anything of…

— D.T. Dyllin

“with little sleep and much reading his brains got so dry that he lost his wits. His fancy grew full of what he used…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“To spend time observing, without drawing, thinking, without drawing, or feeling, without drawing, is the misfortune of nonartists.”

— Nick Meglin

“I tried to distract myself by reading the various things that people had carved into the tabletop over the years. I traced my finger…

— Sara C. Roethle