Drawing Quote by Giorgio Vasari Download Open image “Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well.” — Giorgio Vasari ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Drawing Draws Men Wells
No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
All the old bogeys of 'dignified subject-matter,' of 'balanced compositions,' of 'correct drawing' were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to no one… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only because there was something useful in the inventions, but because he was thought wise and superior to the rest. But as more arts were invented, and some were directed to the necessities of life, others to its recreation,… — Aristotle Copy Share
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint. — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be brilliant, entertaining,… — Peter Bayne Copy Share Image
A man possessed of splendid talents, which he often abused, and of a sound judgment, the admonitions of which he often neglected; a man… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in Art], and not having it, one has nothing. — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant exercise the muscles of… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all that is… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model... — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
Paolo Uccello's wife told people that Paolo used to stay up all night in his study trying to work out the vanishing points of… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
One of the worst things that can happen to a man is for him to work and study hard in order to benefit others… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
In my opinion painters owe to Giotto, the Florentine painter, exactly the same debt they owe to nature, which constantly serves them as a… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
I wish to be of service to the artists of our own day, by showing them how a small beginning leads to the highest… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes,… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because pictures can… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory for Osama bin Laden, whose announced goal was to bankrupt America by drawing it into a trap. The 2011 military budget - almost matching that of the rest of the world combined - is higher in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself. — Taylor Hackford Copy Share Image
It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
God holds each of us by a string. When we sin, we cut the string. But God ties it up again, making a knot.… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . .… — Giacomo Puccini Copy Share Image
She spent hours drawing on her own, trying to perfect her craft. And when she got into music, she had that same diligence in… — Laura Joplin Copy Share Image
Being on a trapeze is like dreaming. I feel totally outside of myself when I'm flying. You know, designing shoes, my imagination is flying… — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
By the time they were pulling into the parking lot of the A&P, the mood was fading, the moment gone. Amy could feel it go. Perhaps it was nothing more than the two doughnuts expanding in her stomach full of milk, but Amy felt a heaviness begin, a familiar turning of some inward tide. As they drove over the bridge… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
In 'Gran Torino,' Eastwood moves towards the climax of the movie not by staging a shoot-out, but by putting his weapons to one side… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
You've seen the first issue and what happened in the last page. Some pretty awful stuff. I don't know why I seem to be… — Declan Shalvey Copy Share Image
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