Drawing Quotes

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A good drawing has immense vitality because it is explanatory. In a good drawing even its faults have become virtues. — John French Sloan
Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye. — Leonardo da Vinci
I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment. — Henry Moore
My drawings are the result of my sculpture. — Auguste Rodin
In the first place you must study drawing for at least one year; then you must remain with a master at the workshop for the… — Cennino Cennini
The young man should first learn perspective, then the proportions of objects. Next, copy work after the hand of a good master, to gain the… — Leonardo da Vinci
Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well. — Giorgio Vasari
Drawing is the probity of art. To draw does not mean simply to reproduce contours; drawing does not consist merely of line: drawing is also… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
The art of drawing which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing...should be taught to every child just as… — John Ruskin
What is drawing? Not once in describing the shape of the mass did I shift my eyes from the model. Why? Because I wanted to… — Auguste Rodin
Drawing instruction is a training towards perception, exact observation and exact presentation not of the outward appearances of an object, but of its constructive elements,… — Wassily Kandinsky
Drawing is a kind of hypnotism: one looks in such a way at the model, that he comes and takes a seat on the paper. — Pablo Picasso
My doodles and sketches are not the work of an academic engineer. They represent many years of design study in attempts to produce the best… — Alec Issigonis
Until we can insert a USB into our ear and download our thoughts, drawing remains the best way of getting visual information on to the… — Grayson Perry
I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all my life. I… — Alexander McQueen
The one [the logician] studies the science of drawing conclusions, the other [the mathematician] the science which draws necessary conclusions. — Charles Sanders Peirce
I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it. — Spike Jonze
We the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it will embrace, outside… — C. F. W. Walther
I am only an artist, my job is to make drawings not to make sense. — William Kentridge
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… — William Kentridge

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