Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing."
Sketching quotes
Sketching
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Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
"I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing."
Pablo Picasso
Painter, Sculptor
"In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt."
Karl Lagerfeld
Fashion Designer, Photographer
"I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching."
Dennis Crowley
Entrepreneur
"Stop sketching and start building."
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"Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building."
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"Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious."
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"Stop sketching. Start building."
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"I hate leisure, except reading. I'm really a person made to work, if sketching is considered work."
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"It is a matter mostly of having the time to spare from my finished paintings to put in on travelling and sketching out of doors."
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