Artist Quote by Catherine Stock

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

— John Singer Sargent

I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse myself, and if it…

— Aubrey Beardsley

I have a lot of sketches and ideas, but when you don't use them, they get stale.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

I've started running three or four times a week, which prompts millions of sketch ideas.

— Nina Conti

I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film,…

— Mike Figgis

Drawing is the only thing I've found in which I can lose myself completely. I love it. It started as something that relaxed me,…

— Peter Capaldi

I know that when I finish a drawing, my anxiety level decreases. The realistic drawings are a way of pinning down an idea. I…

— Louise Bourgeois

Sketches always have more vitality than paintings because you're finding things out through doing them.

— Paula Rego

I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious,…

— Frank Gehry

You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse.

— Alex Katz

I actually start drawing things. Usually they're abandoned before I commit too much time and effort.

— Daniel Clowes

Obviously, I never had to sketch anything out. To me, that was the appeal of working with clip art, working digitally. You make it…

— David Rees