“I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though defeated here and there; and even though one sometimes feels a kind of decay, though things go differently from the expected, it is necessary to take heart again and new courage. For the great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. And great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed. What is drawing? How does one learn it? It is working through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do.” FeelsBelieveHeartKindMayDoeSometimesDoneSeemsHappensTogetherI BelieveCan DoWallSucceedDespairSeriesExpectedDrawingInvisibleGreat ThingsImpulseIronDecayDefeatedSmall ThingsHere And There Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn't happen in music.” NeedsKindHappensArtistLosesDrawingAll Kinds Author:David Hockney
“An act of naming should quite rightly enable me to call any-thing a self-portrait, not only any drawing, 'portrait' or not, but everything that happens to me, that I can affect, or that affects me.” ShouldI CanSelfHappensDrawingPortraitsPortraitureSelf PortraitSelf Portrait Photography Author:Jacques Derrida
“I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.” IfsThinkingTwoCharacterHappensFunWonderKissingDrawingGenreInevitability Author:J. J. Abrams