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Drawing Quotes

On sketching through hard days and building a world from scratch.

One quote describes drawing as a therapeutic way to work through things when writing feels impossible, and another mentions playing a drawing game with friends just to unwind. For more on the creative process, see our Art quotes.

Drawing and visual arts was kinda my first passion going all the way back to when I was a kid. I always felt like it was what I was supposed to do - but in reality I don't know that...

Quotes by Aesop Rock

I've been painting and drawing fish since I was very young. My mom found old pictures I did when I was around 6 or 7 of all these sharks and scuba diver looking back, a big ship, throwing a harpoon....

Quotes by Adrien Brody

Most normal boys, as they're growing up, they - in order to become attractive, they might, you know, get good at sports or join a rock band or develop good social skills, and for some reason, I thought that drawing...

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

Even though I'm usually not conscious of it, I think drawing has always served a sort of therapeutic purpose in my life. There's something about the process of translating the messy chaos of real life into a clean, simple drawing...

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

Always Quotes

When I first started drawing the earliest incarnation of 'Optic Nerve,' I hadn't even been on a date; I hadn't had a romantic relationship of any kind yet, so in a way, I was almost writing science fiction.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

There's never been a moment where I sat down at my drawing board and thought, 'I'm a pro!'

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

For me, after every game you look yourself in the mirror and ask 'what can i do better, what can i do to help this team?' Then you go back to the drawing board and you go back and you...

Quotes by Adam Thielen

I'm not a sculptor; I'm a hard-edged model maker. You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate, you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from 'Star Wars' - especially parts from 'Star Wars' - I can...

Quotes by Adam Savage

There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - we're talking sixth grade here - that I strongly considered a future writing and drawing comic books. I have been making...

Quotes by Adam Ross

Art Quotes

I've been drawing as long as I can remember. I think all children draw as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.

Quotes by Adam Hughes

I'm still awaiting the idea of drawing comics for a living being a reality. I feel like I've been dodging work for 20 years, and at some point, I'll have to get a real job.

Quotes by Adam Hughes

I think all children draw, as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.

Quotes by Adam Hughes

I find that a really restful, relaxing way to spend time on a plane is to listen to an audiobook while drawing.

Quotes by Adam Conover

I would say think about the thing that makes you happiest, and do that. If it's drawing or dancing or listening to music or bowling, whatever it is that makes you happy, I would focus on that, and you'll definitely...

Quotes by Ad-Rock

Life Quotes

I love Maira Kalman. She's an amazing illustrator and writer. I've loved her since I was in college, but when I moved to New York and experienced the same city she was drawing and writing about, I developed a whole...

Quotes by Abbi Jacobson

It's very natural and simple to me, drawing, because I've drawn since I was a kid. It's just the most normal thing for me to do. And it's very meditative.

Quotes by Abbi Jacobson

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.

Quotes by Zoey Deutch

I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing.

Quotes by Zayn Malik

The problem is, when you're making an animated movie, the studio has an illusion in their minds - and it's really not true - that because it's a drawing, it can be changed at any time.

Quotes by Zack Snyder

Like Quotes

My first artistic love was drawing and painting.

Quotes by Wood Harris

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about drawing as a therapeutic outlet?
Yes: "I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing."
Is there a quote about the game Draw Something?
Yes: "I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing."
Is there a quote about drawing and painting for pattern designers?
Yes: "The mere drawing and painting world of the pattern designer and the applied artist must become a world that builds again."
Is there a quote about the illusion that a drawing in an animated movie can always be changed?
Yes: "The problem is, when you're making an animated movie, the studio has an illusion in their minds - and it's really not true - that because it's a drawing, it can be changed at any time."
Where can I find more related quotes?

A pattern designer's line insists that the drawn and painted world has to keep rebuilding itself, while an animator's complaint about studios assuming a drawing can be endlessly changed hints at real production friction. Pair these with our Life quotes or browse what's Always true.