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Drawing Quotes by John Berger
- Drawing is a way of coming upon the connection between things, just like metaphor in poetry reconnects what has become separated.
- For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true.
- A drawing is an autobiographical record of one's discovery of an event - either seen, remembered or imagined. A 'finished' work is an attempt to…
- A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is essentially a public, presented work…
- Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it.…
- What do drawings mean to me? I really don't know. The activity absorbs me. I forget everything else in a way that I don't think…
- 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…
- 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…
- Everything in life, is a question of drawing a life, John, and you have to decide for yourself where to draw it. You cant draw…
More Drawing Quotes
- I spent much of my childhood in northern Quebec, and often there was no radio, no television - there wasn't a lot… — Margaret Atwood
- When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. — John James Audubon
- My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish. — John James Audubon
- The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear. — John James Audubon
- One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. — Balthus
- I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven. — Iain Banks
- I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words… — Scott Adams
- One of the reasons why you like to do your own drawings is, your style changes over time. And there's something about… — Scott Adams
- Drawing is a way of coming upon the connection between things, just like metaphor in poetry reconnects what has become separated. — John Berger
- For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true. — John Berger
- I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does. — Victoria Beckham