Quotes by Drawing I didn't begin my life in 1975 with 'Horses.' I recorded 'Horses' in 1975, but was drawing in Paris in 1969. Patti Smith parishorsedrawing I've never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I've never seen a good drawing save a bad idea. Paul Conrad drawinghandsideas Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured. Paul Cezanne abstractiondrawingcolour Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the handwriting and then the look of the handwriting. Patti Smith drawingwritinglooks Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions. Paul Cezanne drawinggivingmean Personally I would like to have pupils, a studio, pass on my love to them, work with them, without teaching them anything.. ..A convent, a monastery, a phalanstery of painting where one could train together.. ..but no programme, no instruction in painting.. ..drawing is still alright, it doesn't count, but painting - the way to learn is to look at the masters, above all at nature, and to watch other people painting. Paul Cezanne drawingteachingpeople Drawing and color are not separate at all; in so far as you paint, you draw. The more color harmonizes, the more exact the drawing becomes. When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also Paul Cezanne drawingcolorart Pure drawing is an abstraction. Paul Cezanne abstractionpuredrawing Many people say that I don't know how to draw because I don't draw particular forms. When will they understand that execution, drawing and color (in other words, style) must be in harmony with the poem? Paul Gauguin drawingcolorpeople I don't usually go in for reviews of buildings that aren't yet built, since you can tell only so much from drawings and plans, and, besides, has there ever been a building that didn't look great as a model? Paul Goldberger buildingdrawinglooks When I retire I'm gonna bet on Wolves drawing every game. I'll be a multi-millionaire! Paul Ince millionairedrawinggames A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. Paul Klee sketchingdrawingart A critic in my house sees some paintings. Greatly perturbed, he asks for my drawings. My drawings? Never! They are my letters, my secrets. Paul Gauguin drawinghouseart An active line on a walk, moving freely, without goal. A walk for a walk's sake. Paul Klee drawinggoalmoving Sketching is a continuing source of learning rather than a string of performances. Paul Laseau sketchingdrawingsource A line is a dot that went for a walk. Paul Klee drawinginspirationalart With pencil there is a tendency to be timid, either using very faint lines or erasing bad lines... Line sketching tends to emphasize the structure of a drawing rather than the nuances of media. Paul Laseau sketchingdrawingmedia I want to be as though new-born, knowing nothing, absolutely nothing. Then I want to do something modest; to work out by myself a tiny, formal motive, one that my pencil will be able to hold without technique. Paul Klee knowing-nothingdrawingwork-out Any sort of working drawings are simply diagrams. Architecture encourages your imagination to work that way. Paul Laffoley drawingimaginationway In the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better. Paul Klee finalsdrawingself«4142434445464748495051»
