Draws Quotes
2062 Draws quotes by 1515 unique authors
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I started shooting when I was much too far away. That was merely a trick of mine. I did not mean so much as to…
— Manfred von Richthofen
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The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant exercise the muscles of the…
— Giorgio Vasari
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When an artist or student draws a nude figure with painstaking care, the result is drawing, and not emotion.
— Henri Matisse
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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…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. To abstract in art is to separate certain fundamentals from irrelevant material which surrounds…
— Ben Shahn
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First and fore-most, you must have confidence. Your second mental problem is concentration. Think the shot through in advance before you address the ball. Draw…
— Sam Snead
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Our central job is not to solve the world’s problems. Our job is to draw our entire life from Christ and manifest that life to…
— Gregory A. Boyd
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Art at its best draws attention not only to the way things are but also to the way things will be, when the earth is…
— N. T. Wright
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The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges, because we must live in the hope that humankind…
— Alphonse Mucha
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Whether at home or abroad, the task of statesman is to work with human nature warts and all, and to draw on instincts and even…
— Margaret Thatcher
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There should be no telephone in your writing room, certainly no TV or videogames for you to fool around with. If there’s a window, draw…
— Stephen King
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I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the Navy, there wasn't…
— Ed McBain
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I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine.
— Mignon McLaughlin
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Good theatre draws the energies out of the place where it is and gives it back as joie de vivre.
— Joan Littlewood
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A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.
— Bobby Seale
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Now writing is just working your way toward the border that the innermost secret draws around itself, and to cross that line would mean self-destruction.…
— Christa Wolf
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There were four million people in the American Colonies and we had Jefferson and Franklin. Now we have over 200 million and the two top…
— Mort Sahl
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A political satirist's job is to draw blood. I'm not so much interested in politics as I am in overthrowing the government.
— Mort Sahl
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The principle factor in my success has been an absolute desire to draw constantly. I never decided to be an artist. Simply, I couldn't stop…
— Winsor McCay
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There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses…
— Chris Van Allsburg
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By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that.
— John Tenniel
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The new cosmic story emerging into human awareness overwhelms all previous conceptions of the universe for the simple reason that it draws them all into…
— Brian Swimme
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I think I'm most proud of my family right now. I'm more into that then I've ever been. It also gives a new area to…
— Merle Haggard
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If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win
— Bill Shankly
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The goal, then, isn't to draw some positioning charts and announce that you have differentiated your product. No, the opportunity is to actually create something…
— Seth Godin
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