Drawing Quotes

Real development is not leaving things behind, as on a road, but drawing life from them, as from a root.

Someone who is incapable of drawing, and cannot master line or colour perspective can always express themselves in some form of abstraction.

Drawing is of the Spirit and color of the Senses.

A colourist makes his presence known even in a simple charcoal drawing.

One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then.

I drew pictures rapidly and with few lines, because I had to write most of the pieces, too, and couldn't monkey long with the drawings. The divine urge was no higher than that.

Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.

What can make your work interesting is as much who you are, as how you draw.

...deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations

A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Shortly before he dies he discovers that this patient labyrinth of lines is a drawing of his own face.

Drawing Lavi’s smile eases me precisely because he has such a sad fate.

I love when I'm trying to do something I don't know how to do, and it kind of figures itself out along the way. And that means messing up a lot. That means throwing away a lot of drawings.

I sometimes set myself thinking and imagining that I find amongst men but one single art or science, and that is drawing or painting, all others being members proceeding therefrom.

I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing.

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

Don't animate drawings, animate feelings.

I am constantly drawing inspiration from everything I see-the places I travel, the people I know and the movies I see.

Not even pencil or charcoal is needed. Drawing can also be done with a brush. But drawing is a must, if not, no painting can resist.

The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.

It wasn't until I discovered comics that I actually began to approach drawing as a possible career.

True compassion comes from free will by drawing empathy from within.

I was constantly drawing and colouring. I had an immense love for art and anything which involved art fascinated me.

The harness of waterfalls is the most economical method known for drawing energy from the sun.

I bet you’re really good with your hands, all that drawing and building.

I love hanging and drawing and quartering Every bit as well as war and slaughtering.

The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.

The thing to do is just make sure that as part of a disability community, we're not isolating ourselves by drawing differences for the sake of progress.

The ones who constantly make us laugh are the hardest of friends to know - for comedians are the caricatures among us.

The most mesmerizing of artists is always like one who was merely drawing in the sand and people came to watch.

I live a very nice life. I have a wonderful time. But it's not lived drawing on a full level. I'm relaxed, cool, and enjoying it.

People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.

I've been through a lot of ups and downs. I've been on both sides of it all, I guess. So there's not one specific event or thought that I'm dealing with or drawing from necessarily.

Drawing need not be the bones of art, but skill must always be the skeleton of accomplishment.

Drawing Dead is a brilliant noir from one of Australia's most exciting new novelists.

I had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form.

I would draw my own comic book characters listening to metal. The drawing and music kind of went hand in hand.

I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.

I do not find fault with equality for drawing men into the pursuit of forbidden pleasures, but for absorbing them entirely in the search for the pleasures that are permitted.

I tend to write first thing, and then do my drawing later. I like to draw at night. But often I go for long stretches without drawing, because I'm trying to figure out what I'm writing.

Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal.

If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing.

When I'm painting and drawing I only do people. Acting is obviously portraiture - and writing is as well.

I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me.

All my drawings always sort of looked funny even if I was trying to do serious stuff and express myself about grim situations. It was always cartoony.

I did gardening and cooking and drawing and reading to try take the pressure off the music - just being eclectic and putting the fun back in and bringing more innocence in again is really important.

I would love to do comedies and I would love to do dramas. I'm very passionate about art, music, drawing, acting, so I'd like to have the chance to get the larger choice regarding acting.

I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the 'L' out of me.

Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing.

If you are intent on drawing or painting on your prints, you must first learn to draw and paint at least as well as you photograph.

I write separately from the inking up. I'm sure this varies from cartoonist to cartoonist; I find that the writing is the hard part and the drawing is the fun part.