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Drawing Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
- When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only…
- Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye.
- The young man should first learn perspective, then the proportions of objects. Next, copy work after the hand of a good master, to gain the…
- 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...…
- 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…
- The divisions of Perspective are 3, as used in drawing; of these, the first includes the diminution in size of opaque objects; the second treats…
- Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent…
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