#draw

Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that. ↗

— David Hockney

#being #believable #draw #means #people

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. ↗

— David Hockney

#chess #drawing #eventually #like #make

Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache. ↗

— David Hockney

#drawing #eyes #makes #see #still

I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out, what the camera misses out: usually weight and volume - there's a flatness to them. ↗

— David Hockney

#camera #done #drawings #i #i can

I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning. ↗

— David Hockney

#day #draw #every #every day #flowers

I see the iPad as a wonderful new drawing medium, but I am at a loss as to how to make it pay. ↗

— David Hockney

#drawing #how #i #i am #i see

I was aware that the teaching of drawing was being stopped almost 30 years ago. And I always said, 'The teaching of drawing is the teaching of looking.' A lot of people don't look very hard. ↗

— David Hockney

#almost #always #aware #being #drawing

Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? ↗

— David Hockney

#bring #drawing #telephone #thought #who

They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#civil servants #diplomats #drawn #foreign #get

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#draw #drop #earth #fear #heavenly