Quotes by Drawing After I did the drawings of trees combining them with words, I started doing - I did that for a very short time. Then it kind of - that sort of evolved into just showing the branches of a tree coming down into the trunk and then going into the root system. So I showed both the branches and the roots of a tree, which were about equal. There is as much going on under the ground as is going on above the ground, which you can see. Robert Barry drawingrootstree Drawing is like studying Greek and piano- you can't speak or play in your conscious, which is clumsy. You must get it into your subconscious, which is graceful. But that takes time. Robert Beverly Hale pianodrawingplay And yes, there are things I want to keep, that I like around me - especially when there's very little left. I just want to keep those little bits of reminders of my past. There are certain drawings from the '60s; certain little paintings from the '60s that I keep. Robert Barry drawingwantpast I consider drawings finished works of art, first of all. However, the ideas can be something that can be developed into something larger. I don't make so many drawings anymore since I'm working with language. I used to make more when I worked with sculptural things, especially the wire pieces. Robert Barry drawingideasart I do make some drawings for wall pieces. I do work out some ideas for large-scale wall pieces where I have to organize words or get proportions right. I do keep them in my files. Not an exhibit or a show; just as part of my records, my archives. Robert Barry walldrawingideas The drawings that I show - the drawings that I present to people are finished works in themselves. They're meant to be thought of that way and not necessarily lead to larger pieces or anything like that. And that's the way I work now. Robert Barry drawingpiecespeople There are only five things really worth drawing; four of them are pretty girls and the fifth is cats. Robert A. Heinlein drawingcatgirl Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp. Robert Crumb drawingi-canway I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I couldn't cope with people in real life; I was very shy and very nervous around people. Robert Crumb drawingrealpeople I use photos a lot for drawing people and personalities, but they're almost never photos that I've taken. Robert Crumb drawingtakenpeople I guess I didn't enjoy drawing very much. It was like homework. Robert Crumb homeworkdrawingfunny The person who screams, or uses the superlative degree, or converses with heat puts whole drawing-rooms to flight. If you wish to be loved, love measure. Ralph Waldo Emerson degreesdrawingwish A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away. Robert Genn cobwebsdrawingart Drawing is still the bottom line. Robert Genn bottomdrawinglines For a lot of us drawing is a tyranny which impedes freshness and spontaneity. Robert Genn drawingspontaneitytyranny True intimacy is a human constant. People of all types find it equally hard to achieve, equally precious to hold. Age, education, social status, make little difference here; even genius does not presuppose the talent to reveal one's self completely and completely absorb one's self in another personality. Intimacy is to love what concentration is to work: a simultaneous drawing together to attention and release of energy. Robert Grudin drawingselflife He found a formula for drawing comic rabbits: Robert Graves drawingrabbitsphilosophy A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line. Robert Henri curvesdrawingdoe Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing. Robert Henri followingdrawinglines It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw. Robert Henri drawingstudentsart«4647484950515253545556»
