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Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look


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I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a rectangle. But a photograph taken from any one point will not show, well it shows a rectangle, but not with ninety degree angles.

I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a rectangle. But a photograph taken from any one point will not show, well it shows a rectangle, but not with ninety degree angles.



What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.

What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.



If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.

If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.



Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.

Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.



Faces are the most interesting things we see; other people fascinate me, and the most interesting aspect of other people - the point where we go inside them - is the face. It tells all.

Faces are the most interesting things we see; other people fascinate me, and the most interesting aspect of other people - the point where we go inside them - is the face. It tells all.



The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting.

The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting.



Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.



In art, new ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling; you can't divorce the two, as, we are now aware, you cannot have time without space and space without time.

In art, new ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling; you can't divorce the two, as, we are now aware, you cannot have time without space and space without time.



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.

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.



The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it.

The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it.





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Men were snoring, twitching and whimpering, struggling with nightmares less terrible than reality.

Men were snoring, twitching and whimpering, struggling with nightmares less terrible than reality.




The nicest thing about the promise of spring is that sooner or later she'll have to keep it.

The nicest thing about the promise of spring is that sooner or later she'll have to keep it.



I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.



I had only two jobs my entire life Taco Bell for six months and Kroger's Food store for one day!

I had only two jobs my entire life Taco Bell for six months and Kroger's Food store for one day!



Of mystery there is no end. Of clarity, there is precious little.

Of mystery there is no end. Of clarity, there is precious little.



At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.

At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.



If you get a lot of good feedback from people, thats a sign that you have a strength or gift in writing, if not ... try singing.

If you get a lot of good feedback from people, thats a sign that you have a strength or gift in writing, if not ... try singing.



Other things equal, a life filled with complex flow activities is more worth living than one spent consuming passive entertainment.

Other things equal, a life filled with complex flow activities is more worth living than one spent consuming passive entertainment.




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