Art Quote by Hokusai

What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can…

— Vincent Van Gogh

“What is drawing?" Vincent van Gogh asked in an 1882 letter to his brother Theo. "How does one learn it? It is working through…

— Maria Tsaneva

What is drawing? How does one get there? It's working one's way through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one…

— Vincent Van Gogh

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 of the Spirit and color of the Senses.

— Henri Matisse

Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.

— 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

It’s about reaching that moment of pure ecstasy when a drawing just happens. Where every move you make with your hand and every thought…

— Jamie Hewlett

Drawing is a way of coming upon the connection between things, just like metaphor in poetry reconnects what has become separated.

— John Berger

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

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

— Henri Matisse

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

— Walter J. Phillips