Quotes about Sketch

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh. Votes: 4

Sketch what you got, it will determine what you will be. Votes: 3

Here in Hollywood you can actually get a marriage license printed on an Etch-A-Sketch. Votes: 3

I call it the Etch A Sketch life. Every few years, you should shake that thing up. Votes: 3

There's a pianist out of Boston who made a beautiful record for the Fresh Sound label called 'Sketch Book'; his name is Vardan Ovsepian Votes: 3

I've always considered myself a graphic artists - a draftsman - as opposed to a typist. I do still work on a drawing table. At times drawing on a computer feels like I'm drawing on an Etch-a-Sketch. Votes: 3

I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent - important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership. Votes: 3

Starry Starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on the snowy linen land. Votes: 3

Mitt Romney, who is on record saying that he would not waste money going after bin Laden, and on record saying he would not violate Pakistan's border to get bin Laden, this week said, 'Of course I would have gotten bin Laden.' Even his Etch-A-Sketch went, seriously? Votes: 3

You only feel as good as your last sketch. Votes: 2

I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up. Votes: 2

There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. Votes: 2

To tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor. Votes: 2

When you're doing sketch comedy and you're pregnant, it's like wearing a giant sombrero in every sketch. Votes: 2

I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go. Votes: 2

I come in. I'm going to sketch, I'm going to drape, I don't know what I'm going to do. Votes: 2

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater. Votes: 2

Some people think architecture is about the genius sketch; I don't. Great architecture is a collaboration among a lot of people over a long period of time. Votes: 2

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?' Votes: 2

When you sketch a shoe but don't have the intention to do a proper shoe, it remains a curvy sketch with no detail. The shoe completely morphs to the body. Votes: 2

My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film. Votes: 2

A part of my kind of design and inspiration ethos is that I carry around a leather notebook and I sketch in it, doodle in it, write notes in it, and I put pictures in it. Votes: 2

I'm not really a fashion designer. I just love clothes. I've never been to design school. I can't sketch. I can't cut patterns and things. I can shorten things. I can make a dress out of a scarf. Votes: 2

The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand. Votes: 2

Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me. Votes: 2

What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations. Votes: 2

My first book was called, 'Mountain, Get Out of My Way,' where I did an autobiographical sketch, if you will, looking back at myself and looking back at things in my life, and juxtaposing them against things that are happening in other people's lives and trying to be motivational. Votes: 2

The gummy bears tattoo was my idea. It's my son's favorite candy. The sketch was my other son's idea. It's a self-portrait of himself. I just showed the artist his sketch and had him tattoo it on my forearm. It looks like a stick person with big hair. It's pretty funny. Votes: 2

If you start to disrespect the character you're playing, or play it too much for laughs, that can work for a sketch, it will sell some gags, but it's all technique. It's like watching a juggler - you can be impressed by it, but it's not going to touch you in any way. Votes: 2

When I was in sixth grade there was a talent show, and I wrote my first sketch, 'The Dentist.' I played the dentist, and I had my friend play a patient. It was sort of what can go wrong at the dentist, and I just remember I had lots of fake blood and everything. Votes: 2

I was always a big fan of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's '2000-Year-Old Man' sketch. I think it's one of the biggest influences on the podcast, definitely. You'd never say Carl Reiner was the funniest dude on there, because he's just teeing it up, but he knows what questions to ask to lead to great improv. Votes: 2

We are going to do 'Hot Tub' until we die. Every Monday. Then we'll come back and do it as zombies. 'Hot Tub' is very important. What we do is based on our live skills. It's stand-up and sketch and improv; everything we do in 'Hot Tub' is important to our jobs. And every Monday I'm excited to do it. Votes: 2

For my first show at 'SNL', I wrote a Bill Clinton sketch, and during our read-through, it wasn't getting any laughs. This weight of embarrassment came over me, and I felt like I was sweating from my spine out. But I realized, 'Okay, that happened, and I did not die.' You've got to experience failure to understand that you can survive it. Votes: 2

The first piece of art that I ever bought-when I could afford it-was a Warhol sketch from the period when he was just getting out of doing commercial work and more into art. It's a sketch of a young guy's face. I guess the gallery that I bought it from thought I would like it because the young guy kind of looked like James Dean. Votes: 2

Everybody needs some good sketch comedy. Votes: 0

There's a sketch at every turn. Votes: 0

A sketch is just a mini movie. Votes: 0

An incomplete sketch superbly executed is power. Votes: 0

a criminal sketch of Christon a diner napkin-'Poet Prophets Votes: 0

A sketch of a man facing to the right. Votes: 0

I never set out to do a sketch show. Votes: 0

I don't have any type of sketch-comedy or stand-up background. Votes: 0

Etch your vision in stone-but sketch your strategy in pencil. Votes: 0

I did sketch comedy for years. Ive always enjoyed it. Votes: 0

I did sketch comedy for years. I've always enjoyed it. Votes: 0

Errors accumulate in the sketch and compound in the model. Votes: 0

The initial sketch is always an emotion, not a concept. Votes: 0

If the world was an etch-a-sketch, glaciers are the big shake. Votes: 0

My face becomes a Picasso sketch, my body slicing into pieces. Votes: 0

Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind. Votes: 0

When I teach sketch writing, there's still a beginning, middle and end. Votes: 0

I don't think the sketch on its own is a great sketch. Votes: 0

If I could only turn the etch-a-sketch of my life upside down. Votes: 0

I did sketch comedy with a troupe at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Votes: 0

Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men. Votes: 0

I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances. Votes: 0

Though we explore in a culturally-conditioned way, the reality we sketch is universal. Votes: 0

I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch. Votes: 0

I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that. Votes: 0

I don't own a camera, so I travel with a police sketch artist. Votes: 0

A sketch has charm because of its truth - not because it is unfinished. Votes: 0

Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning! Votes: 0

In sketch comedy, wear your character like a hat, not a suit of armor. Votes: 0

For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. Votes: 0

When a sketch comes into this three-dimensional form and everybody contributes, it's really fantastic. Votes: 0

Gas Attendant: "Thata ain't no etch-a-sketch. Thats one doodle that can't be un-did home skillet. Votes: 0

We criticize a man or a book most sharply when we sketch out their ideal. Votes: 0

I've started running three or four times a week, which prompts millions of sketch ideas. Votes: 0

I want to see Bob Dylan do sketch comedy. I'm a huge Bob Dylan fan. Votes: 0

We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to the technicolor of the moment. Votes: 0

The thing I love about sketch is sometimes it leads you as opposed to you leading it. Votes: 0

Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better. Votes: 0

Perhaps the sketch of a work is so pleasing because everyone can finish it as he chooses. Votes: 0

She told me to draw the curtains shut, so I grabbed my pencil and began to sketch. Votes: 0

A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product. Votes: 0

From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story. Votes: 0

If you're a good improviser, you improvise well enough that people think that you're doing a sketch. Votes: 0

Moral activity? There is scarcely such a thing possible! Everything is sketchy. The world does nothing but sketch. Votes: 0

If you want toget the most outof a sketch, youneed to leave bigenough holes forthe imaginationto fit in. Votes: 0

Did you know Richard Nixon is the only president whose formal portrait was painted by a police sketch artist? Votes: 0

The best sketch shows are from a group of tight-knit people whove worked together for a really long time. Votes: 0

The best sketch shows are from a group of tight-knit people who've worked together for a really long time. Votes: 0

If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy. Votes: 0

Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position Votes: 0

Tracy Morgan apologizes for his homophobic rant, still no apologies for the sketch about the guy living under the street. Votes: 0

Well, I loved variety in television, I loved sketch comedy. At 'Saturday Night Live,' I stayed almost seven years. Votes: 0

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it. Votes: 0

The reason I sketch your pic at times because in your smile I see something more beautiful than the stars. Votes: 0

Rejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward. Votes: 0

Said Hamlet to Ophelia, I'll draw a sketch of thee. What kind of pencil shall I use? 2B or not 2B? Votes: 0

A sketch book freezes time. It is an instantaneous form of meditation focusing us on the worth of every passing moment. Votes: 0

When you're writing a sketch, it has to be surrounded by a situation. It can't just be out of the air. Votes: 0

I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which I scribble, sketch and draw ideas. Votes: 0

What I've learned from sketch is you can get it as perfect as you want, and it's never going to be perfect. Votes: 0

With a sketch show, it's "a bunch of people and they're being funny." In a way that you can't really explain it. Votes: 0

I can sketch up a storm, and I'm very involved in how clothes are constructed, but I have a short attention span. Votes: 0

Graphic novels are such a visually creative world - it's really interesting what they can do in one sketch. Now I'm hooked. Votes: 0

Just watching people who come from a stand-up background is different from watching people who come from an improv or sketch background. Votes: 0

At first, there was a separation of clubs and sketch comedy. Now there's all kinds of comedy, making us one big happy family. Votes: 0

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words... Votes: 0

The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project Votes: 0

I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch. Votes: 0

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words..." Votes: 0

That's what I love about sketch comedy: a sketch is five minutes, then it goes dark, and there's the potential for something else. Votes: 0

It's certainly strange to do sketch comedy with cue cards at midnight in a skyscraper as opposed to in a basement with your friends. Votes: 0

There's a common misconception with sketch comedy that you just go up there and wing it, but it's written, and there really is order. Votes: 0

Writing is like painting. You sketch it, add colour, add depth and detail. You give it a final layer and then hang it proudly. Votes: 0

Nobody wants to see sketch comedy that's the same sketch they've seen time and time again, or that's just a rehash of that thing. Votes: 0

Let yourself daydream sometimes... Allow spontaneous images to come and go. Capture one in a sketch. These images express connections with your inner self. Votes: 0

In abandoning the vagueness of the sketch the artist shows more of his personality by revealing the range but also the limitations of his talent. Votes: 0

Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective on the world. Votes: 0

When somebody would come in with a sketch that was not so good, you figured out in a room how to make that sketch work. Votes: 0

People kept passing our [ with Robert Ben Garant] script around, and suddenly we had this reputation as screenwriters, which we're not - we're sketch comedy guys. Votes: 0

I think the great sketch shows, like 'Python' and 'Mr. Show,' they didn't stick around for very long. There's something kind of cool about that. Votes: 0

Once we have a nice, conceptual sketch and rendering and design approved, then it's really about pinpointing what's functional and what's not, because functional equals expensive. Votes: 0

Many of the people I've worked with over the years came from a sketch-comedy background or an improv background, and I've learned a lot from them. Votes: 0

I did a couple of sketch shows with Mike Palin and Terry Jones... and then I got hired by Granada to do a weekly topical show. Votes: 0

If you want good sketches, go pick up Sid Caesar. The best of Your Show of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television. Votes: 0

A couple of friends and I started a sketch comedy group when we were teenagers, just for fun and to start creating stuff. It was a blast. Votes: 0

When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture. Votes: 0

Cell phones, alas, have pretty much ruined train travel, which I used to love. I could read or even sketch notes for what I was working on. Votes: 0

I think people are purists about what sketch comedy should be, and I think sometimes having too much fun can be a little annoying to some people. Votes: 0

I get recognised a fair bit. It goes up when Peep Show or the sketch show is on the telly or when were doing loads of interviews. Votes: 0

I've done some version of that Minnesota accent - that Midwestern accent - in sketch comedy for years. It's the quickest way to symbolize you're a mom. Votes: 0

Obviously, I never had to sketch anything out. To me, that was the appeal of working with clip art, working digitally. You make it and it's done. Votes: 0

Because it's uncensored cable, I think we'll be able to do the kind of sketch comedy that really hasn't been seen before. We can actually finish jokes. Votes: 0

I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into a model into the building. Votes: 0

I sketch in a way that people can nearly do the dresses without me coming in for a fitting. Every single detail, every proportion, every cut -- everything. Votes: 0

New York is great though. If you?re here and want a one of a kind souvenir be sure to take home the police sketch of your assailant. Votes: 0

It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and a lot of fun to wear. Votes: 0

The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to the white race, there is one solution: extermination. Votes: 0

These poems are a mental sketch as formed / Passage by passage of light and shade / Maintained and preserved to this point / Brought together in paper and mineral ink Votes: 0

Made a sketch later on the cabin verandah, but it was impossible to keep up with the changes. Oh the difficulties of mountain art for too little genius. Votes: 0

My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I'd ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I'd sketch shoes and shoes and shoes. Votes: 0

It's absolutely surprising to me how well 'The State' has held up as far as people liking it and having fond memories of it, considering it's a sketch show. Votes: 0

You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch comedy, you know right away and you can make your changes accordingly. Votes: 0

You all watched a sketch about feminism and you didn't even know it because of all the jokes. It's like when Jessica Seinfeld puts spinach in kids' brownies. Suckers! Votes: 0

I love doing different things where, for a little while, I can focus on standup then sketch writing, then performing, then directing a video. That, to me, is stimulating. Votes: 0

My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I'd ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I'd sketch shoes and shoes and shoes, Votes: 0

I was in a sketch group in L.A., and we were playing, like, backyards in Glendale and stuff. It was pretty ugly because we didn't have any money. Votes: 0

Saturday Night Live was a show that I never thought I would be on, because I didn't do sketch comedy and I didn't do impressions. I was a stand-up. Votes: 0

I steal props from 'SNL' a great deal. Almost every sketch I'm in, I try to grab something from it, so I have a storage space full of props. Votes: 0

I can help you shape your sitcom, I can help you think about what could make your sketch show better, but it won't help you get you a commission. Votes: 0

I steal props from SNL a great deal. Almost every sketch Im in, I try to grab something from it, so I have a storage space full of props. Votes: 0

I was fascinated with the writing process and seeing the evolution of a sketch and how it would change up to the minute before it went on the air. Votes: 0

My first real break was when my college sketch troupe, The State, was asked to contribute pieces for a new MTV show called 'You Wrote It, You Watch It.' Votes: 0

I look at my homely sketch. It doesn't need anything. Even through the river in my eyes I can see that. It isn't perfect and that makes it just right. Votes: 0

Wonder Showzen was one of the first shows that realized each sketch, each segment is essentially one joke, and, once you know what the joke is, it's time to move on. Votes: 0

I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so now I don't do it much. Votes: 0

Through the lack of attaching myself to words, my thoughts remain nebulous most of the time. They sketch vague, pleasant shapes and then are swallowed up; I forget them almost immediately. Votes: 0

I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny. Votes: 0

I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off. Votes: 0

I guess I considered myself just sort of a sketch comedian, you know? Actual screenwriting hadn't really occurred to me as a viable job - I didn't really know anything about it. Votes: 0

The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook. Votes: 0

I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always strive to give the same feeling, while carrying it on further. Votes: 0

As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail. Votes: 0

Leo had once joked about writing an allegorical sketch where Parody packed its bags, shut up shop and put a sign on the door which read: Closed. Any inquiries please contact the Real. Votes: 0

Every movie I do, or when I'm on the sketch comedy show, I don't really get into it until I have an outfit or something funny with my head or face or something. Votes: 0

During my military service, I performed a sketch in which I played a flea called Max. So when critics kept misspelling my name, I decided to change it and thought, 'Ah! Max!' Votes: 0

When I first started doing sketch comedy, I promised myself that if I were ever to have any success in this business, I wouldn't hold back. Why get there and play it safe? Votes: 0

There was a male sketch group in my college. I was like why isn't there a female sketch group? So then I started doing sketch comedy and all that stuff. It just happened. Votes: 0

If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas. Votes: 0

The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool. Votes: 0

I sketch the faces upside down because it's like drawing from the left side of the brain or the right side of the brain. I never took an art lesson in my life. Votes: 0

My only sketch, profile, of Heaven is a large blue sky, and larger than the biggest I have seen in June - and in it are my friends - every one of them. Votes: 0

You see a lot of sketch variety shows where each segment is one joke that they repeat over and over and over again, and the sketches are always three or four minutes too long. Votes: 0

When I was a child of four I wasn't really drawing like a child, I wasn't sketching as a child. I would sketch and I was using perspective, the good relationship of the subject. Votes: 0

Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it. Votes: 0

A story isn't a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It's an oil painting, filled with layers that the author must uncover so carefully to show its beauty. Votes: 0

I really enjoyed Merrill Markoe's Guide To Glamorous Living, which was a weird hybrid reality/sketch thing I wrote, directed, and hosted, with two male-model bimbos whom I made agree with everything I said. Votes: 0

I was very bad at projecting my voice. I used to do this Gumby Flower Arranging sketch which involved shouting, and I could never do it right, and at one point my voice went completely. Votes: 0

We did the 'MacGruber' Super Bowl spot for Pepsi, which generated some outside interest. We have a sketch where a guy blows up after 90 seconds. How are we going to make that into a movie? Votes: 0

My younger sister's a comedian. She has a sketch comedy group in Chicago called Schadenfreude and I look at her with such admiration and envy because it's such an amazing thing to make someone laugh. Votes: 0

When we have this description, of what a sketch is, itsattributes, we can then start inventing new things thatshare those attributes, and therefore improve our currenttechnics by inventing new and better tools that help ussketch. Votes: 0