Drawing Quotes

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My drawings inspire, and are not to be defined. They place us, as does music, in the ambiguous realm of the undetermined. — Odilon Redon
Isn't it amazing what a pencil can have inside? — Quino
Drawing is the sum of directions. — Andre Lhote
You can only learn to paint by drawing, for drawing is a way of reserving a place for color in advance. — Andre Lhote
Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint. — Arshile Gorky
Drawing must seek for interest, not for admiration. Because admiration wears quickly. — John Howe
What can make your work interesting is as much who you are, as how you draw. — John Howe
Daydreaming with pencil and paper is a respectable form of meditation. — John Howe
Doodling serves as a means of keeping the hand or fingers limber, so that they are always ready for serious work. — Charles E. Burchfield
I filled my sketchbook with drawings, very much as any educated girl of my generation might have kept a diary. — Gabriele Munter
Sketches always have more vitality than paintings because you're finding things out through doing them. — Paula Rego
The art of drawing is the art of omission. — Max Liebermann
I must learn to express the gentle vibration of things: the intrinsically rough texture. I must find this expression in drawings; in the way in… — Paula Modersohn-Becker
For me, drawing is everything, because it informs everything. It even informs my poetry. It's the way I begin everything. — Jim Dine
My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It's about making the best kind of image I can make, it's about talking as clearly… — Jim Dine
More important than having a romance with the object that I'm drawing, is to have a romance with the mark that I am making. — Jim Dine
We must cling only to drawing. — Nicolas de Stael
Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp. — Robert Crumb
Not even pencil or charcoal is needed. Drawing can also be done with a brush. But drawing is a must, if not, no painting can… — Raul Soldi
Things shape themselves before my eyes just as a I draw them. — Aubrey Beardsley

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