He had been a boy who liked to draw, according to my friend, so he became an architect. Children who drew,I learned, became architects; I had thought they became painters. My friend explained that it was not proper to become a painter; it couldn’t be done. I resigned myself to architecture school and a long life of drawing buildings. It was a pity, for I disliked buildings, considering them only a stiffer and more ample form of clothing, and no more important.
Annie DillardTags: vocation architecture painting drawing
Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful.
Don RoffTags: life art photography writing zen creative-process audience student painting creative master drawing assume tip masterful
Drawing things makes them seem more real and makes me feel more alive. It also makes me pin down and remember things - landscapes, season, weather, occasions, incidents, people - that would otherwise have melted from my memory.
David GentlemanI prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.
Le CorbusierThere is a rage inside me that I mitigate with my constant drawing.
David B.It taught me that there are three versions of things: the one I see in my mind, and the one that carries onto the paper, and then what it ultimately becomes.
Lauren DeStefanoJoonistamine on meetod tulla toime tundega, et kaotad mõistuse ja oled teiste melle vallas.
Natascha KampuschAfter I'd drawn the grasses, I started seeing them. Whereas if you'd just photographed them, you wouldn't be looking as intently as you do when you are drawing, so it wouldn't affect you that much.
Martin GayfordTags: seeing drawing hockney seeing-through-drawing
Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer, and clearer still. The image is passing through you in a physiological way, into your brain, into your memory - where it stays - it's transmitted by your hands.
Martin GayfordTags: seeing drawing hockney seeing-through-drawing
Eight years ago, I wouldn't have painted this subject I'm starting now: a clearing filled with grasses. It would have seemed too much of a jumble. I had to keep looking and drawing, and looking. Now, because of all that time I spent drawing these grasses, I know what I'm looking for.
Martin GayfordTags: seeing drawing hockney seeing-through-drawing
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