Quotes about Drawing

I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies. Votes: 6

Drawing is still the bottom line. Votes: 4

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. Votes: 4

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation. Votes: 4

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. Votes: 4

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. Votes: 4

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. Votes: 4

Drawing includes three and a half quarters of the content of painting... Drawing contains everything, except the hue Votes: 4

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. Votes: 4

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. Votes: 4

Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic. Votes: 4

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing. Votes: 4

Drawing is deception. Votes: 3

Drawing and Drinking Coffe Votes: 3

Drawing is the root of everything. Votes: 3

Drawing is the honesty of art. Votes: 3

Drawing is the sum of directions. Votes: 3

Drawing is your understanding of form. Votes: 3

Drawing and composition are the same thing. Votes: 3

Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination. Votes: 3

Drawing is the honesty of the art. Votes: 3

Drawing is an idea more than fact. Votes: 3

Drawing is the true test of art. Votes: 3

Drawing is putting a line around an idea. Votes: 3

Drawing is a means of obtaining and communicating knowledge Votes: 3

Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason. Votes: 3

Drawing takes time. A line has time in it Votes: 3

Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal. Votes: 3

Drawing up her spear, Ellemist lunged towards the mighty leviathan. Votes: 3

Drawing and masturbation were the first sacred experiences I remember. Votes: 3

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. Votes: 3

Drawing is of the spirit; color is of the senses. Votes: 3

Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful. Votes: 3

Drawing is the discipline by which I constantly rediscover the world. Votes: 3

Drawing is the art of taking a line for a walk. Votes: 3

Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear. Votes: 3

Drawing must seek for interest, not for admiration. Because admiration wears quickly. Votes: 3

Drawing on a computer doesn't make any sense to me. It's not intuitive. Votes: 3

Drawing is the skeleton of what you do and color is its flesh. Votes: 3

Drawing or painting allows the artist to know himself as a whole person. Votes: 3

To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought. Votes: 3

Drawing is not the same as form, it is a way of seeing form. Votes: 3

Drawing Lavi’s smile eases me precisely because he has such a sad fate. Votes: 3

Drawing is the representation of form - the graphic expression of a visual experience. Votes: 3

Drawing Dead is a brilliant noir from one of Australia's most exciting new novelists. Votes: 3

Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache. Votes: 3

Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth. Votes: 3

Drawing at its best is not what your eyes see but what our mind understands. Votes: 3

Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit. Votes: 3

Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in Art], and not having it, one has nothing. Votes: 3

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp. Votes: 3

Drawing architecture is a "schizoid" act: it involves reducing the world to a piece of paper. Votes: 3

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured. Votes: 3

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. Votes: 3

Drawing need not be the bones of art, but skill must always be the skeleton of accomplishment. Votes: 3

Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing. Votes: 3

Drawing is something I do on the side, I like to see it be of use at times. Votes: 3

The Secret of Drawing consists of just two things: 1) Making lines on paper; and 2) Choosing where they go. Votes: 3

Drawing is . . . not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods. Votes: 3

Drawing Is An Escape From All The Unecessary Things In Life That Get In The Way Of Being Free Votes: 3

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint. Votes: 3

Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye. Votes: 3

Drawing - it's the first language of human beings, before writing, before even talking, before words, human beings was drawing. Votes: 3

Drawing is the most inalienable medium. It is private; it practically doesn't have an audience in mind, just the artist's expression. Votes: 3

Drawing is a way of coming upon the connection between things, just like metaphor in poetry reconnects what has become separated. Votes: 3

We are all different. God made us that way. Drawing a line in the sand due to that is indeed unfortunate. Votes: 3

Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing. Votes: 3

Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience. Votes: 3

With six small diamonds for his eyes He walks upon the summer skies, Drawing from his silken blouse The lacework of his dwelling house. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill. Votes: 3

Drawing is a kind of hypnotism: one looks in such a way at the model, that he comes and takes a seat on the paper. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Drawing and color are by no means two different things. As you paint, you draw... When color is at its richest, form is at its fullest. Votes: 3

Drawing on my past experiences, I used a lot of erasers. My aging wisdom is starting to look a lot like a nude portrait of Alice Neel. Votes: 3

Drawing is like the first kiss. It carries within it the deepest emotion and the challenge of the first step. It is the first cry after birth Votes: 3

I like drawing. I like to spend the day drawing, the process is important for me. Drawing is a just a pleasure and it's nice to keep it going. Votes: 3

I draw like other people bite their nails. Votes: 2

I work on drawing as a final product. Votes: 2

In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt. Votes: 2

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. Votes: 2

To draw you must close your eyes and sing. Votes: 2

A line is a dot that went for a walk. Votes: 2

The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood. Votes: 2

The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools. Votes: 2

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption. Votes: 2

It is not bright colors but good drawing that makes figures beautiful. Votes: 2

The harness of waterfalls is the most economical method known for drawing energy from the sun. Votes: 2

I'm just interested in meditating on certain ideas, and I like to draw: that's my way of thinking. Votes: 2

When an artist or student draws a nude figure with painstaking care, the result is drawing, and not emotion. Votes: 2

All good and genuine draftsmen draw according to the picture inscribed in their minds, and not according to nature. Votes: 2

As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward. Votes: 2

You can't wait for someone to give you a show. That can't be the first time you're writing and drawing a character. Votes: 2

When I see a white piece of paper, I feel I've got to draw. And drawing, for me, is the beginning of everything. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

For me, drawing was an outlet. No one in school said, 'Oh, she can do sports,' or, 'She's pretty,' but I could draw. Votes: 2

It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character. Votes: 2

I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments. Votes: 2

My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It's about making the best kind of image I can make, it's about talking as clearly as I can. Votes: 2

If I try to articulate every little detail in a drawing, it would be like missing the forest for the trees, so it's just about getting the outline of the forest. Votes: 2

Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading. Votes: 2

I've noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it's various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing. Votes: 2

I was the kind of kid who couldn't really stop making up stories during class. I didn't do very well academically because I was always drawing these little doodles in the margins of my notebooks and I wasn't bringing home the best grades. Votes: 2

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner. Votes: 2

By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it was not long before I secured the position I sought, that of chief electrician to the telephone company. Votes: 2

I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum stuff. Occasionally it hurts. But I found that after the arm was put back together I could draw better than before. I have no idea why. Votes: 2

I've been falsely accused of drawing too much from real life. But I am a petty thief - I take little things. And, I mean, I can hardly write 10 words before I start to make things up. I start to invent, because that's what I want to do. I'm running away to an invented place. Votes: 2

There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer animation. But you can do good stuff either way. The Pixar movies are amazing in what they do, but there's plenty of independent animators who are doing really amazing things as well. Votes: 2

I was quiet, a loner. I was one of those children where, if you put me in a room and gave me some crayons and a pencils, you wouldn't hear from me for nine straight hours. And I was always drawing racing cars and rockets and spaceships and planes, things that were very fast that would take me away. Votes: 2

My university degree is in art and, yes, I do a lot of drawing for all my books. I have a big drafting table set up in a spare bedroom and I cover it with maps and house plans and sketches that I use in the books. Also, I truly love architecture, so that plays a big part in all my books. Votes: 2

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Votes: 0

A drawing has never killed anyone. Votes: 0

Well, back to the drawing board. Votes: 0

We must cling only to drawing. Votes: 0

I have been drawing all my life. Votes: 0

Here is a drawing of a stapler: Votes: 0

You can never do too much drawing. Votes: 0

I'm drawing in my head pretty much. Votes: 0

Well, back to the old drawing board. Votes: 0

Just drawing back and drawing in; becoming narcissistic. Votes: 0

Painting and drawing has been here for 35,000 years. Votes: 0

For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa. Votes: 0

My first artistic love was drawing and painting. Votes: 0

I still come closest to success with drawing. Votes: 0

Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. Votes: 0

Even when you paint, you never stop drawing. Votes: 0

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback. Votes: 0

Line is the most powerful device of drawing. Votes: 0

A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away. Votes: 0

I love food, and I love drawing it, particularly. Votes: 0

The art of drawing is the art of omission. Votes: 0

When I'm drawing a picture, I feel...quiet inside. Votes: 0

Lose your inhibitions about drawing and just do it. Votes: 0

Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color. Votes: 0

The essence of drawing is the line exploring space. Votes: 0

It's all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes. Votes: 0

The architect must not only understand drawing, but music. Votes: 0

Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later. Votes: 0

I used to find great difficulty in drawing feet. Votes: 0

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated. Votes: 0

Real education consists in drawing the best out of yourself. Votes: 0

In drawing, I often think of things as flying buttresses. Votes: 0

Without good drawing, the foundation of a painting will collapse. Votes: 0

I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing. Votes: 0

Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation. Votes: 0

Create a massive drawing of what God has promised you. Votes: 0

It takes more drawing to tell a story in pantomime. Votes: 0

I love to draw. I spend hours every day drawing. Votes: 0

True compassion comes from free will by drawing empathy from within. Votes: 0

Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? Votes: 0

And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done Votes: 0

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. Votes: 0

The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing. Votes: 0

Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to? Votes: 0

Always think of drawing, getting the forms realized, emphasizing the design. Votes: 0

My instinct has always been to turn drawbacks into drawing cards. Votes: 0

In times of stress drawing is a way of relieving tension. Votes: 0

The best way to understand a painting is by drawing it. Votes: 0

I still do a lot of drawing on a daily basis. Votes: 0

Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace of God. Votes: 0

I admired anybody who could make a buck with his drawing. Votes: 0

If we master a bit of drawing, everything else is possible. Votes: 0

Do you know that drawing with words is also an art... ? Votes: 0

I guess I didn't enjoy drawing very much. It was like homework. Votes: 0

I was always drawing eyes, even as a child. Eyes fascinated me. Votes: 0

A colourist makes his presence known even in a simple charcoal drawing. Votes: 0

You are not to think of painting as something separate from drawing. Votes: 0

We do a wealth of stuff (live), drawing from over the years. Votes: 0

I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium. Votes: 0

To know what you're going to draw, you have to begin drawing. Votes: 0

Has your drawing the meaning you saw in the model at first? Votes: 0

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me. Votes: 0

Sometimes a collage element I hit upon can inspire the entire drawing. Votes: 0

All the drawing lacksis the final touch: To addeyes to the dragon Votes: 0

Man tried to imitate God by drawing; then we invented the photo. Votes: 0

There's nothing like drawing a thing to make you really see it. Votes: 0

I'm just drawing it now. It's totally revolting. I'm sure you'll love it. Votes: 0

I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely. Votes: 0

I didnt grow up drawing runway models and deciding what they should wear. Votes: 0

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing. Votes: 0

Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows. Votes: 0

I bet you're really good with your hands, all that drawing and building. Votes: 0

From as long as I can remember, I was always fond of drawing. Votes: 0

I believe that the sight is a more important thing than the drawing... Votes: 0

A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. Votes: 0

I'm amorous but out of reach / A still life drawing of a peach. Votes: 0

I'd like to be an architect. That would be cool. I like drawing. Votes: 0

Painting, drawing - I'm really into photography, I've done it since high school. Votes: 0

Usually I commit to something in my head and then I start drawing. Votes: 0

Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. Votes: 0

I was about two years old when I first started drawing recognizable characters. Votes: 0

A cool tattoo design is any drawing that would also look good saggy. Votes: 0

The night was a time for bestial affinities, for drawing closer to oneself. Votes: 0

The long night of human history is drawing at last to its conclusion. Votes: 0

I thought of the character being real, a living person, not a drawing. Votes: 0

I love drawing what the character is feeling, in my comics, with no dialogue. Votes: 0

Right now it seems like the girls are drawing more attention to country music. Votes: 0

I've always loved painting and drawing. I wish I'd developed it more and exhibited. Votes: 0

For a lot of us drawing is a tyranny which impedes freshness and spontaneity. Votes: 0

You have me like a drawing, erased, coloured in, untitled, signed by your tongue. Votes: 0

A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself. Votes: 0

There are days when I'm completely depressed and able to do only one drawing Votes: 0

Anything that makes you feel good is always going to be drawing in more. Votes: 0

I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing. Votes: 0

I have drawn all my life, I don't know how to live without drawing. Votes: 0

Iwas a sculptor.Butthat'sreallydrawinga drawing you fall over in the dark, a three-dimensional drawing. Votes: 0

music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui. Votes: 0

Form, color, composition, drawing, are auxiliaries, any one of which... can be dispensed with. Votes: 0

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white. Votes: 0

I really wish Mike and Joe would stop drawing on me while I'm sleeping. Votes: 0

As long as I can remember, I was drawing or trying to create something. Votes: 0

I am very bad at drawing. Seriously. I can draw shoes. That's about it. Votes: 0

If the horse you're drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog. Votes: 0

...deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations Votes: 0

It is the brushwork of the right value and color which should produce the drawing. Votes: 0

A mistake in drawing becomes difficult to detect when the eye is familiar with it. Votes: 0

The tongue, the Chinese say, is like a sharp knife: it kills without drawing blood. Votes: 0

Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training? Votes: 0

The most beautiful colors laid on at random, give less pleasure than a black-and-white drawing. Votes: 0

My drawing for women is really curvy. My drawings for men are actually quite angular. Votes: 0

I love hanging and drawing and quartering Every bit as well as war and slaughtering. Votes: 0

Art isn't about drawing; it's about learning to see. What organization doesn't need this ability? Votes: 0

Stop the bullsh*t. Stop drawing lines in the sand like previous generations [have done]. Votes: 0

Growing old was simply a process of drawing closer to that ultimate independence called death. Votes: 0

Thoughts are sending out that magnetic signal that is drawing the parallel back to you Votes: 0

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people. Votes: 0

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself. Votes: 0

The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities. Votes: 0

When I retire I'm gonna bet on Wolves drawing every game. I'll be a multi-millionaire! Votes: 0

what did wards matter when you could create your own reality just by drawing it? Votes: 0

None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing. Votes: 0

I've been drawing since I was about 3 and I come from a family of artists. Votes: 0

I wrote a lot. I was in programs for drawing when I was a kid. Votes: 0

I was the kid who was drawing on tables or removing the legs of furniture. Votes: 0

Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad. Votes: 0

Art is often confused with the skill of drawing. It is the skill of making. Votes: 0

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a cartoonist. That's my Life. DRAWING. Votes: 0

In drawing, I don't erase. I believe the original gesture has to be the best. Votes: 0

Few people know that I am also an artist; I truly enjoy sketching and drawing. Votes: 0

I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life. Votes: 0

I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. Votes: 0

You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. Votes: 0

Never ask a favor until you are drawing your last breath; and never forget one. Votes: 0

Make a drawing. Start it all over again, trace it. Start it and trace it again. Votes: 0

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist. Votes: 0

You reason colour more than you reason drawing Colour has a logic as severe as form. Votes: 0

It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms. Votes: 0

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts. Votes: 0

I was a halfway-decent-looking English boy who looked nice in a drawing-room standing by a piano. Votes: 0

She was a large, disordered woman, like a child's drawing that didn't stay within the lines. Votes: 0

If I don't have an erection when I'm doing a drawing, I know it's no good. Votes: 0

If you think of a school drawing while you work, your drawing will look like one. Votes: 0

We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time. Votes: 0

When the inventor of the drawing board messed things up, what did he go back to? Votes: 0

Prayer, as a means of drawing ever new strength from Christ, is concretely and urgently needed, Votes: 0

Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans. Votes: 0

When I look at a drawing of a person, I look at that person as living. Votes: 0

The writing for me is hard work and I always look forward to drawing the pictures. Votes: 0

Writing is an abstract art of drawing pictures of the conscious and subconscious mind with words. Votes: 0

But after all, what have we to do with taverns? Real menace belongs to the drawing-room. Votes: 0

If the gag is complicated, you spend more time thinking about the way you're drawing it. Votes: 0

I actually start drawing things. Usually they're abandoned before I commit too much time and effort. Votes: 0

It is my entire visual art practice: I eat, sleep, think, write about and do drawing. Votes: 0

I was 11 when I was first introduced to live drawing classes and going to art school. Votes: 0

When I was in fourth grade I was drawing Jordans when my mama couldn't afford them. Votes: 0

A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map. Votes: 0

Rhythm is a perception of time... when drawing, the tiredness of the hand is a rhythm. Votes: 0

I usually use quick sketches that I accumulated from the figure drawing classes I once instructed. Votes: 0

Draw, as much and as often as you can. When drawing lies fallow, the skill diminishes. Votes: 0

If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing. Votes: 0

If you go by a school and the kids don't whistle, back to the drawing board. Votes: 0

People seem to sometimes have a difficulty drawing that line between the character and the person. Votes: 0

We don't sell technical drawings except when they are incorporated into a drawing or a collage. Votes: 0

Try drawing or painting a scene you're working on. Often this will help free up you imagination. Votes: 0

When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing. Votes: 0

Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls. Votes: 0

I'm drawing the gossip surrounding the celebrity, or the image the celebrity tries to push on us. Votes: 0

It was exactly an assembly line. You could look into infinity down these rows of drawing tables. Votes: 0

Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity. Votes: 0

It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand. Votes: 0

The important thing is to keep on drawing when you start to paint. Never graduate from drawing. Votes: 0

But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them. Votes: 0

It wasn't until I discovered comics that I actually began to approach drawing as a possible career. Votes: 0

When I'm doing a drawing, I'm personifying the place that is empty. A place that is unmarked. Votes: 0

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical. Votes: 0

People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any. Votes: 0

I've been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying to understand. Votes: 0

Even the bold will fly when they see Death drawing in close enough to end their life. Votes: 0

For me drawing is an attempt to understand what I feel about the world I live in. Votes: 0

Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms. Votes: 0

I threw [Picasso's] drawing on the floor and in doing so, threw away about £50m. Votes: 0

I have been drawing and creating visual works my entire life, as long as I can remember. Votes: 0

They say they have noticed me drawing. I almost tell them right then and there. They noticed. Votes: 0

I am writing graffiti on your body. I am drawing the story of how hard we tried. Votes: 0

I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does. Votes: 0

Even if you're drawing a cartoon and exaggerating, you want to capture something true about the person. Votes: 0

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical. Votes: 0

Move forward. Keep drawing myself. I will look at the world in the eyes and run forward. Votes: 0

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature. Votes: 0

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing. Votes: 0

The sky is like a monochromatic contemporay painting, drawing me in its illusion of depth, pulling me up. Votes: 0

At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan. Votes: 0

Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time. Votes: 0

At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan. Votes: 0

Philosophers who pay for their semantics by drawing checks on Darwin are in debt way over their heads. Votes: 0

I use photos a lot for drawing people and personalities, but they're almost never photos that I've taken. Votes: 0

When remaining in awareness itself, every thought movement, no matter what kind, is like a drawing in air. Votes: 0

The goal is glorifying God by drawing circles around the promises, miracles, and dreams He wants for you. Votes: 0

I don't really picture anyone when I'm drawing. They just become their own completed person with googly eyes. Votes: 0

It became clear to me that I had to push it toward a more representational way of drawing. Votes: 0

I think the best thing I learned from drawing comics is that it's a great exercise in concision. Votes: 0

When you are drawing characters to serve a plot purpose, you tend to get flat, stereotyped, unliving characters. Votes: 0

If you're drawing humans, it can be detrimental to be too naturalistic, which is like animating little corpses. Votes: 0

One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then. Votes: 0

Well, I love tattoos and have been drawing them on my binders in school since I was little. Votes: 0

I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually. Votes: 0

He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter. Votes: 0

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano. Votes: 0

The mind which is most capable of receiving impressions is very often the least capable of drawing conclusions. Votes: 0

This was weird. The thing that could have driven two friends instantly apart was actually drawing them closer together. Votes: 0

The writing doesn't distract me while I'm drawing and vice versa. I can devote my full attention to each. Votes: 0

Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out? Votes: 0

Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out~? Votes: 0

I liked painting and drawing, and I liked humanities mainly - poetry, literature - this speculative attitude toward life. Votes: 0

The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron. Votes: 0

I've always called myself a journalist who happens to draw. If I wasn't drawing cartoons, I'd be writing stories. Votes: 0

The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex. Votes: 0

When I'm painting and drawing I only do people. Acting is obviously portraiture - and writing is as well. Votes: 0

In those moments it's hard to remember that an angry voice is an invisible thing incapable of drawing blood. Votes: 0

You can eliminate color and still have a painting that works, but you must have drawing, value and design. Votes: 0

Why bother? I was right all along: the second you make yourself vulnerable to someone, they start drawing blood. Votes: 0

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing. Votes: 0

Live simply and virtuously, true to your nature, drawing no line between what is spiritual and what is not. Votes: 0

Freedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing near. Votes: 0

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood. Votes: 0

I didn't begin my life in 1975 with 'Horses.' I recorded 'Horses' in 1975, but was drawing in Paris in 1969. Votes: 0

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris. Votes: 0

For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true. Votes: 0

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don't always find the time to do much these days. Votes: 0

There are only five things really worth drawing; four of them are pretty girls and the fifth is cats. Votes: 0

If you can understand the humor in the drawing part you'll probably get the humor in the audio part. Votes: 0

If you've worked over all of your drawing, it should finish itself - often when you least expect it. Votes: 0

I don't want to spend my entire life drawing talking heads. It seems like a waste of everyone's time. Votes: 0

By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit. Votes: 0

Many of us who walk to and fro upon our usual tasks are prisoners drawing mental maps of escape. Votes: 0

Acting must be scaled down for the screen. A drawing room is a lot smaller than a theatre auditorium. Votes: 0

But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near. Votes: 0

If I could make a career out of drawing little girls hiding in corners, I would do really well. Votes: 0

Many of us who walk to and fro upon our usual tasks are prisoners drawing mental maps of escape Votes: 0

For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something. Votes: 0

Well, it's always been my nature to take chances My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances Votes: 0

Prayer is a rising up and a drawing near to God in mind and in heart, and in spirit. Votes: 0

I was constantly drawing and colouring. I had an immense love for art and anything which involved art fascinated me. Votes: 0

And, of course, I began drawing so much - wild, undisciplined pencil drawings and watercolors of knights battling and such. Votes: 0

My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. Votes: 0

A good drawing has immense vitality because it is explanatory. In a good drawing even its faults have become virtues. Votes: 0

By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind. Votes: 0

The older I become, the more I realize that drawing is the most important of all the problems of picture-making. Votes: 0

For me, drawing is everything, because it informs everything. It even informs my poetry. It's the way I begin everything. Votes: 0

I'm good at line-drawing, and some of my color stuff is okay. So I just do it for record covers. Votes: 0

What is certain is that setting a piece of nature in place and drawing it are two very different things. Votes: 0

Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing. Votes: 0

Love and religion! thought Clarissa, going back into the drawing room, tingling all over. How detestable, how detestable they are! Votes: 0

As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much. Votes: 0

Real development is not leaving things behind, as on a road, but drawing life from them, as from a root. Votes: 0

My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. Votes: 0

While drawing grasses I learn nothing 'about' grass, but wake up to the wonder that there is grass at all. Votes: 0

If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it. Votes: 0

I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken it out of the slideshow. Votes: 0

You know when somebody really knows what they're drawing from and you can feel it when you see the movie. Votes: 0

Since I was a child I have always been cutting things out and gluing them together rather than drawing them. Votes: 0

I have always loved science, but I have always loved the arts - drawing, painting and, yes, writing - more. Votes: 0

You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real. Votes: 0

I like a girl with a substantial bottom,' said Renoir, drawing in the air the size bottom he preferred. Votes: 0

The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together. Votes: 0

Remind me," he paused, drawing in a stuttered gasp, "to never piss you off again. Christ, are you secretly a ninja? Votes: 0

Yesterday, happiness came in suddenly, as it used to, and remained for a moment in the great, dark, silent drawing room. Votes: 0

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence. Votes: 0

What's the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another? Votes: 0

I love mixing and matching patterns, styles old and new, feminine and masculine and drawing inspiration from characters like Annie Hall. Votes: 0

Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won. Votes: 0

I go out each morning and draw. I can't really start a painting in the morning until I've done a drawing. Votes: 0

I am constantly drawing inspiration from everything I see-the places I travel, the people I know and the movies I see. Votes: 0

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line. Votes: 0

You can only learn to paint by drawing, for drawing is a way of reserving a place for color in advance. Votes: 0

I would love to learn archery. Unfortunately I'm too busy writing and drawing ten thousand comics a month. Maybe one day! Votes: 0

What happens if you start drawing squares? Well, I'd say the answer to that is, don't get famous for drawing circles. Votes: 0

Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention. Votes: 0

Primitive, naive drawing can also be good drawing but it's hard to pull off. I don't think most submitters realize that. Votes: 0

I'll always be here waiting for you, he said, touching my chest with his fingertips, drawing a shape of a heart. Votes: 0

By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects. Votes: 0

If you're still drawing breath, God's not done with you yet. Don't quit. Be brave and believe God is for you. Votes: 0

I would draw my own comic book characters listening to metal. The drawing and music kind of went hand in hand. Votes: 0

When I was in high school, I thought I might be an artist. I was very good at drawing and painting. Votes: 0

The most mesmerizing of artists is always like one who was merely drawing in the sand and people came to watch. Votes: 0

Yeah, I mean I am somebody that makes an effort to go and see a lot of exhibitions, painting, drawing, sculpture. Votes: 0

Your mental attitude gives your entire personality a drawing power that attracts the circumstances, things and people you think about most! Votes: 0

You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.' Votes: 0

I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady. Votes: 0

I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven. Votes: 0

A gift, like a good friend drawing a personal road map out of the crazy busy swirl of our overloaded lives. Votes: 0

When I say 'I will be true to you' I am drawing a quiet space beyond the reach of other desires. Votes: 0

A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted. Votes: 0

To do a drawing for a painting most often means doing something very sketchy and schematic and then later making it polished. Votes: 0

Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace and pursuing peace, loving your fellow creatures and drawing them near to the Law. Votes: 0

Someone who is incapable of drawing, and cannot master line or colour perspective can always express themselves in some form of abstraction. Votes: 0

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. Votes: 0

When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions. Votes: 0

I want to show how much fun you can have drawing... parents and children can draw together as a wonderful shared activity. Votes: 0

I had only two girlfriends. I didn't have many friends because I was staying at home and dreaming - drawing and dreaming. Votes: 0

Ideas rather than methods are central to they way I work, although drawing plays a central generative role in everything I do. Votes: 0

Blog-based businesses have lower cost structures and are more 'authentic,' and as a result are drawing larger shares of ad budgets. Votes: 0

In my work I've never done preliminary drawing, because it's sometimes difficult to repeat something or to continue when the urgency's gone. Votes: 0

I'm very passionate about art, music, drawing, acting, so I'd like to have the chance to get the larger choice regarding acting. Votes: 0

I would always be painting and drawing. If I was stuck at home, I was in the basement working on a painting. Votes: 0

I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist. Votes: 0

I'm never drawing the object itself; I'm only drawing a depiction of the object - a kind of crystallized symbol of it. Votes: 0

Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he holds a great treasure. Votes: 0

I must have been very young, but I have a clear memory of drawing on a cream brick wall... with wax crayons. Votes: 0

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. Votes: 0

We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn't happen in music. Votes: 0

I dont play any two suited cards. I play any two non-suited cards. That way I am drawing at two different flushes. Votes: 0

God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is at least for me an abuse of paper. Votes: 0

You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done... I am only interested in the present. Votes: 0

Writing is the action of thinking, just as drawing is the action of seeing and composing music is the action of hearing. Votes: 0

God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me, an abuse of paper. Votes: 0

My paintings cannot be a negation of what has always been and always will be necessary - drawing and search for values. Votes: 0

If drawing belongs to the world of spirit and color to that of the senses, you must draw first to cultivate the spirit. Votes: 0

As technology advances at an alarming pace, the place of drawing remains as valid as ever in the creation of art and architecture. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When I was a barber, me being extreme was how I got popular: you name it, I was drawing it on someone's head. Votes: 0

The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration. Votes: 0

Whether a photo or music, or a drawing or anything else I might do—it's ultimately all an abstraction of my peculiar experience. Votes: 0

There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it. Votes: 0

The two most important tools an architect has are the eraser in the drawing room and the sledge hammer on the construction site. Votes: 0

I see the iPad as a wonderful new drawing medium, but I am at a loss as to how to make it pay. Votes: 0

I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first. Votes: 0

Bright as does the morning star appear, Out of the east with flaming locks bedight, To tell the dawning day is drawing near. Votes: 0

The power of a smile is such that even drawing a happy face on a piece of paper makes your lips turn up. Votes: 0

I think making a movie is like drawing or creating an art piece. The artwork reflects part of your personality, but not all. Votes: 0

If an overgrown child draws something on a piece of paper, you can't ask the paper what the drawing is supposed to represent. Votes: 0

This is to show the world that I can paint like Titian . [A big drawing of a rectangle] Only technical details are missing. Votes: 0

I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths. Votes: 0

I would love to collaborate on a graphic novel with an artist - I'm terrible at drawing but I really love that genre. Votes: 0

More important than having a romance with the object that I'm drawing, is to have a romance with the mark that I am making. Votes: 0

I started when I was nine. Really, everything I know about color theory, composition, drawing, and painting, I learned when I was a kid. Votes: 0

Shape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures. Votes: 0

I was interested in the idea of succession - showing a father and a son both in their own time and drawing a contrast Votes: 0

I accumulated in those years so fine a surplus in the Book of Observance that I have been drawing confidently upon it ever since. Votes: 0

The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. Votes: 0

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature. Votes: 0

To be sociable, I puffed on a marijuana cigarette, but I didn't inhale...I just hate the idea of drawing smoke into my lungs. Votes: 0

I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it. Votes: 0

It was the building from the drawing in my brain. And if you don't think that's a weird sentence, maybe you should reread it. Votes: 0

In 1912, when I was working in The Hague, I first saw a drawing by Louis Sullivan of one of his buildings. It interested me. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing. Votes: 0

I love drawing, whether it's considered work or not, but I'm always drawing, and that's the core of the work. Everything comes from drawing. Votes: 0

All I care about these days is painting "” photography has never been more than a way into painting, a sort of instant drawing. Votes: 0

My drawing began as a way to count my blessings. To study, capture, catalog the things that, despite it all, make my life rich. Votes: 0

I have a theory that I did most of my observing probably before I was twenty, stored it, and am still drawing on it. Votes: 0

I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing. Votes: 0

I would rather teach drawing that my pupils may learn to love nature, than teach the looking at nature that they may learn to draw. Votes: 0

I enjoy the art, and I enjoy drawing. I think my printing to this day looks like the printing right out of a comic book. Votes: 0

I was aware that my nomination was drawing a lot of attention, particularly in the Latino world, not just in Puerto Rico. It was touching. Votes: 0

Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body. Votes: 0

Isn't the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It's not a bad thing to go back there. It's the entire point. Votes: 0

How are things visible? Can you see an egg against a white background? Not by drawing a line around it can you make it evident. Votes: 0

I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that. Votes: 0

What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do. Votes: 0

Things are drawing towards the end now, unless I am mistaken. There is an unpleasant time just in front of you; but keep your heart up! Votes: 0

You know, when I was younger I was into all kinds of art - drawing, painting, all that stuff. But I played drums, played piano forever. Votes: 0

A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London. Votes: 0

Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know why. Votes: 0

I dont think about race before I start drawing. I think about how to make that mark to fit whatever purpose I need it to fulfill. Votes: 0

God is always drawing us closer, blow by blow and bit by bit. And most of the time we do not even know it is happening. Votes: 0

I started drawing in first grade. Because the kid next to me was drawing, and I remember thinking: I want to be able to do that! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes. Votes: 0

If you are drawing a blank, or are having a hard time drawing a certain thing, then it is because you have not studied it enough. Votes: 0

I don't think about race before I start drawing. I think about how to make that mark to fit whatever purpose I need it to fulfill. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions. Votes: 0

It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet. Votes: 0

I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as being 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me. Votes: 0

I knew I wasn't that good a writer, and all I could remember was that I could draw. I'm better at drawing than I am at writing. Votes: 0

Any cartoon that can be liked by a committee is really not worth drawing; in fact, must not be drawn at all! Better to become a stockbroker. Votes: 0

All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I want the 'Roots' biopic to be animated - I see Charles Schulz drawing us. I think it would be more hilarious with the voices of children. Votes: 0

If an artist is not only he who sings or paints, but he who express himself by words or drawing then I can consider myself as one. Votes: 0

The tattoo can only exist as part of the skin, as a drawing always is an incision in the material and therefore cannot be parted from it. Votes: 0

There's always a latent or inferred image in my writing. And I can almost always assume if I do a drawing that it will eventually have text. Votes: 0

Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy is drawing near. Votes: 0

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven. Votes: 0

I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! - Of myself I mean - though I finally destroyed most of them. Votes: 0

Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at an early age. Votes: 0

England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room or in the gutter. Votes: 0

Everyone [of my kids] can ride a bike now, so the park has had a big resurgence in our life. We also play a lot of dumb drawing games. Votes: 0

I can't do this to you,' he said, drawing back. Emily put her hand on his and pulled the gun to her temple. 'Then do it for me,' she said. Votes: 0