Drawing Quotes

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I would rather teach drawing that my pupils may learn to love nature, than teach the looking at nature that they may learn to draw. — John Ruskin
All good and genuine draftsmen draw according to the picture inscribed in their minds, and not according to nature. — Charles Baudelaire
I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though defeated here and there; and even… — Vincent Van Gogh
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… — Vincent Van Gogh
I want to do drawings which touch some people... In either figure or landscape I wish to express, not sentimental melancholy, but serious sorrow. — Vincent Van Gogh
By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects. — Norman McLaren
There's the artist's intimacy and truthfulness to himself, but an equal intimacy to the Other [the one drawn]. Picasso drawings are like that... the Rembrandts… — John Berger
I use charcoal a lot. Partly because it has such a fantastic range but also because it is very easy to erase. For me, drawing… — John Berger
I never draw except with brush and paint... — Claude Monet
Cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music. And cooking draws upon your every talent--science, mathematics, energy,… — Julia Child
Learn to draw. Try to make your hand so unconsciously adept that it will put down what you feel without your having to think of… — Sherwood Anderson
Draw, draw, hundreds of drawings. Try to remain humble. Smartness kills everything. — Sherwood Anderson
We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn't happen in music. — David Hockney
Until I saw my drawings replayed on the iPad, I'd never seen myself draw. Someone watching me would be concentrating on the exact moment, but… — David Hockney
Dawn is about luminosity and so is the iPhone... The little drawings of the dawn are done while I'm still in bed... If you're in… — David Hockney
Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. He wouldn't leave them about... I… — David Hockney
I never talk when I'm drawing a person, especially if I'm making line drawings. I prefer there to be no noise at all so I… — David Hockney
I thought the iPhone was great, but this takes it to a new level - simply because it's eight times the size of the iPhone,… — David Hockney
When you have practiced drawing for a while... take pains and pleasure in constantly copying the best works that you can find done by the… — Cennino Cennini
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds actually wasn't meant to say LSD It was a drawing that John's son brought home from school Lucy was… — Paul McCartney

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