These are some quotes from famous artists. I hope this encourages you! Notice the struggle some of the artist had revealed in the quotes.
- One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.” Balthus
- Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.” Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Drawing is putting a line (a)round an idea.” Henri Matisse
- You can’t do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.” John Singer Sargent
- 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. Vincent Van Gogh
- Have no fear of perfection, you will never reach it Salvador Dali
- How you draw is a reflection of how you feel about the world. You’re not capturing it, you’re interpreting it.” –Juliette Aristides
- In drawing, one must look for or suspect that there is more than is casually seen.” –George Bridgman
- Drawing is not what one sees but what one can make others see.” Edgar Degas
What are you favorite drawing quotes? Keep on creating!
Bobbi