Calculations Quote by Giacomo Puccini

I can see that, without being excited, mathematics can look pointless and cold.

— Maryam Mirzakhani

One of the pleasures of looking at the world through mathematical eyes is that you can see certain patterns that would otherwise be hidden.

— Steven Strogatz

Cold exactitude is not art... The so-called consciousness of the majority of painters is only perfection applied to the art of boring. People like…

— Eugene Delacroix

Drawing is not the same as form, it is a way of seeing form.

— Edgar Degas

Drawing is deception.

— M. C. Escher

Painting is the frozen evidence of a performance.

— Chuck Close

Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination.

— Tim Burton

In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting.

— Thomas Eakins

There are forms that can only be seen when you are near a painting, others only appear when you are far away.

— Robert Henri

The subject should be observed more for shape and color than for drawing... precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of the whole,…

— Camille Pissarro

With monochrome painting... the idiosyncrasy of the work, its difference, its expression, lies in shape.

— Guido Molinari

If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.

— Edward Gorey