Drawing Quotes

1222 Drawing quotes by 832 unique authors

I accumulated in those years so fine a surplus in the Book of Observance that I have been drawing confidently upon it ever since. — Winston Churchill
Women are like that they don't acquire knowledge of people we are for that they are just born with a practical fertility of suspicion that… — William Faulkner
But I would like to think for a moment about a man who in the morning teaches his students that a false attribution of a… — George Steiner
The line must follow some direction of policy, whether rooted in logic or experience. Lines should not be drawn simply for the sake of drawing… — Felix Frankfurter
I'm drawing from two generations back how to think about music, how to think about why you travel to make music, what the possible pitfalls… — Elvis Costello
I was drawing professionally by the time I was 12. I used to do very detailed sort of photorealistic pen-and-ink work, and I burned out… — Dan Povenmire
I started drawing in first grade. Because the kid next to me was drawing, and I remember thinking: I want to be able to do… — Dan Povenmire
Art was always my thing. I had an art scholarship before I had a football scholarship. I'm a left-handed, right-brained, painting-drawing guy. That was always… — Terry Crews
I like vocal word stuff. But I don't always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It's more like drawing in the air… — Tom Waits
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. — John W. Gardner
In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will… — Vincent Van Gogh
I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners. — Vincent Van Gogh
There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. — Ulysses S. Grant
People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher. — Matt Groening
I had been drawing my weekly comic strip, 'Life in Hell,' for about five years when I got a call from Jim Brooks, who was… — Matt Groening
The thing that makes me happiest about Simpsons Illustrated are all the drawings that we get from readers. I wish we could print them all.… — Matt Groening
There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer… — Matt Groening
Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a… — Cathy Guisewite
All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has… — William Gurnall
I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it's not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more… — Billy Connolly

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