“There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of learning French, Latin or arithmetic, in a decent and useful degree.” IfsPersonsWishPowerDegreesAvailableDrawingDecentLatinArithmetic Book:The Elements of Drawing: In Three Letters to Beginners Source: The Elements of Drawing: In Three Letters to Beginners
“I want to do drawings which touch some people... In either figure or landscape I wish to express, not sentimental melancholy, but serious sorrow.” PeopleWantWishSadnessFiguresSeriousSorrowDrawingLandscapeMelancholySentimental Book:Van Gogh's Source: Van Gogh's
“The living model never answers well the idea or impressions the painter wishes to express; one must, therefore, learn to do without one, and for that, you must acquire facility, furnish one's memory to the point of infinitude, and make numerous drawings after the old masters.” WellsIdeasWishMemoriesAnswersMastersModelsDrawingImpressionPainterAcquireFacility Author:Eugene Delacroix
“But every human path leads on to God; He holds a myriad finer threads than gold, And strong as holy wishes, drawing us With delicate tension upward to Himself.” HumansStrongWishPathHolyGoldDrawingTensionDelicateThreadProvidence Book:The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman Source: The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman
“The thing that makes me happiest about Simpsons Illustrated are all the drawings that we get from readers. I wish we could print them all. They're really imaginative. They show a lot of hard work.” HardShowsWishHard WorkReaderDrawingPrintImaginative Author:Matt Groening