Artist Quote by Richard Artschwager

Drawing is a kind of hypnotism: one looks in such a way at the model, that he comes and takes a seat on the…

— Pablo Picasso

“The Secret of Drawing consists of just two things: 1) Making lines on paper; and 2) Choosing where they go.”

— James A. Owen

I'm a believer that you shouldn't really talk about the drawing until you're done with the drawing.

— Josh Trank

Drawing is putting a line around an idea.

— Henri Matisse

The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration.

— Stephan Pastis

Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing.

— Irving Stone

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

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

I know I draw without taking my pen off the page. I just keep going, and that my drawings I think of them as…

— Frank Gehry

I think when I'm drawing, I'm seeing what's happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head.

— Brian Selznick

Drawing is what you see of the world, truly see...And sometimes what you see is so deep in your head you're not even sure…

— Patricia Reilly Giff

Draw a line; draw a line that pleases you. And remember that it is not the artist's role to copy the outlines of things…

— Milan Kundera