Drawing Quotes

1222 Drawing quotes by 832 unique authors

The subject should be observed more for shape and color than for drawing... precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of the whole, it… — Camille Pissarro
I go out each morning and draw. I can't really start a painting in the morning until I've done a drawing. — Frank Auerbach
It came to me late, as an adult, the desire to draw and participate in the world of lines. — Henri Michaux
Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation. — Henri Matisse
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious… — Samuel Johnson
We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time. — Adam Sedgwick
Now while they were thus drawing towards the gate, behold, a company of the heavenly host came to meet them; to whom it was said… — John Bunyan
Prayer is the practice of drawing on the grace of God. Don't say, "I will endure this until I can get away and pray." Pray… — Oswald Chambers
After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking… — Henry David Thoreau
I have learned that what I have not drawn I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize… — Frederick Franck
Drawing and color are not separate at all; in so far as you paint, you draw. The more color harmonizes, the more exact the drawing… — Paul Cezanne
A critic in my house sees some paintings. Greatly perturbed, he asks for my drawings. My drawings? Never! They are my letters, my secrets. — Paul Gauguin
What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do. — Vincent Van Gogh
Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also… — Kristin Hannah
The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out… — Thomas Jefferson
If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of criminal… — Orrin Hatch
We're losing ground. This planet is losing ground. So things need to happen and they need to happen quick. Our message should be-loud and clear-there… — Unknown Author
A star is drawing on some vast reservoir of energy by means unknown to us. This reservoir can scarcely be other than the subatomic energy… — Arthur Eddington
Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist. — Georges Seurat
Do not draw before you paint, it will restrict your brush. — Toni Onley
Drawing is the honesty of art. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Each superfluous line, each wrongly placed line, any color placed without veneration or care, can spoil everything, that is, the spiritual. — Theo van Doesburg
The line has almost become a work of art in itself. — Theo van Doesburg
The profoundest order is revealed in what is most casual. — Fairfield Porter
Drawing is the most inalienable medium. It is private; it practically doesn't have an audience in mind, just the artist's expression. — Unknown Author

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