Drawing Quotes

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The most beautiful colors laid on at random, give less pleasure than a black-and-white drawing. — Aristotle
Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to? — George Carlin
Well, something must be done for May, The time is drawing nigh-- To figure in the Catalogue, And woo the public eye. Something I must… — Thomas Hood
He who draws... ought to take his position so that the eye of the figure he is drawing is on a level with his own...… — Leonardo da Vinci
I sometimes set myself thinking and imagining that I find amongst men but one single art or science, and that is drawing or painting, all… — Michelangelo
The trouble is, we've been taught what to see and how to render what we see. If only we could be in the position of… — Pablo Picasso
The light for drawing from nature should come from the North in order that it may not vary. And if you have it from the… — Leonardo da Vinci
For some reason, a lot of Hollywood big shots are curious to see how they'd be drawn with bulging eyes and no chin. — Matt Groening
I hope I shall be able to make some drawings in which there is something human. — Vincent Van Gogh
When I have a model who is quiet and steady and with whom I am acquainted, then I draw repeatedly 'til there is one drawing… — Vincent Van Gogh
I find drawing a useful outlet for ideas for which there is not time enough to realize as sculpture... And I sometimes draw just for… — Henry Moore
The construction of the human figure, its tremendous variety of balance, of size, of rhythm, all those things make the human form much more difficult… — Henry Moore
I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problem to solve, with only the desire to use pencil on paper... but as my eye takes… — Henry Moore
A colourist makes his presence known even in a simple charcoal drawing. — Henri Matisse
Composition, the aim of which is expression, alters itself according to the surface to be covered. If I take a sheet of paper of given… — Henri Matisse
I shan't get free of my emotion by copying the tree faithfully, or by drawing its leaves one by one in the common language, but… — Henri Matisse
Drawing is your understanding of form. — Edgar Degas
Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . . .… — Giacomo Puccini
I believe that the sight is a more important thing than the drawing... — John Ruskin
There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of… — John Ruskin

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