“The process of drawing is... the process of putting the visual intelligence into action, the very mechanics of visual thought. Unlike painting and sculpture... the artist makes clear to himself and not to the spectator what he is doing. It is a soliloquy before it becomes communication.” ActionArtistProcessClearPaintingCommunicationDrawingVisualsMechanicSculptureSpectators Book:Drawing and Sculpture Source: Drawing and Sculpture
“Michelangelo's contemporaries thought him the greatest artist who ever lived and called him 'divine.' His reputation as sculptor, architect, painter and draughtsman has not subsequently been surpassed, and who is to say his contemporaries were wrong?” ArtistDivineMastersReputationPainterArchitectSculptors Author:Michael Ayrton