Art Quote by Edgar Degas

Of all the creative acts performed by the artist, the most directly legible is drawing... it is the act that is most directly and…

— Rene Huyghe

The process of drawing is... the process of putting the visual intelligence into action, the very mechanics of visual thought. Unlike painting and sculpture...…

— Michael Ayrton

I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for…

— Peter Wright

Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the…

— John French Sloan

Drawing is . . . not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods.

— Henri Matisse

Drawing creates its own kind of private space. Coupled with certain interests that I want to speak to in my art, it's really kind…

— Jerry Pinkney

“you draw" (the painter)”

— Sarah Dunant

Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.

— Marc Davis

Drawing is the representation of form - the graphic expression of a visual experience.

— Walter J. Phillips

Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

— Marjane Satrapi

Seemingly the most easy of crafts, drawing is the one which reveals most tellingly our incapacity to sustain true vision and our acquiescence to…

— Rico Lebrun

Just draw 'cause you love it, you know, I think that's why you should be doing it. You should always be doing art for…

— Gerard Way