Draw Quotes

“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.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“Follow your heart. Just don't get lost.”
― Ilsa J. Bick, Draw the Dark

“Discover a purpose that gives you passion. Develop a plan that makes you persistent. Design a preparation and motivates you to optimize your potentials. Do it because you love it!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Dream big!: See your bigger picture!

“The hours tick by as I lie in bed.
Memories keep surfacing, tormenting me into unbelievable sadness. I can't bring myself to move. I can't fight the memories that keep filling my thoughts. I stay curled in the fetal position as each memory plays out. I can't stop them from coming. I can't make them go away. Nothing can distract me. I can't block the memories, so they continue to come.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“Lonely.
My heart grips as the word crosses my mind. So many different feelings come with the word, not just loneliness. The word went beyond its definition. Loneliness has a deeper meaning to those who truly know what it means to be alone.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“You need to draw upon your willpower to accomplish the self-assigned task of mastering self-control.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“A strong visual imagination acts as a magnet to draw the visualised into reality.”
― Anupama Garg, The Tantric Curse

“Every gesture and every look he gives me takes me by surprise and causes my heart to stutter.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“He stares at me—taking me in—with his lips slightly parted. I struggle to hold myself in place as we gawk at each other. I want so desperately to run, but something is holding me back, keeping me in place.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“One of his hands move away from my face to flatten against my back, pulling me closer to him as he deepens the kiss. He parts my lips under his as my mind seems to sign quietly in content. I kiss him back as fiercely as he kisses me, unable to control the infatuation that rushes through me - feeling almost like fireworks. Not so careful anymore.
Little shivers of urgency shoot through me. I push off the window, pressing closer to him. The rush of sensation that is coursing through me feels like I've drunk a gallon of coffee. It feels like an electric buzz is flooding between us.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“He drinks his coffee tentatively, glancing at me every few seconds, watching me. Every time he glances in my direction, I quickly turn away though he obviously knows I'm watching him. I know he's wondering why I'm staring at him, but he doesn't ask.
I finally take a sip of coffee, set the mug back on the table, and voice what's on my mind, "I want to draw you.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“She drew the things that stuck to her mind, the things that caught her attention and, specially, the things she wasn't capable of understanding fully. But she hadn't even realized it. Art had become her way of processing reality.”
― Zøe Haslie, Just For A While

“I don't know. I guess the cards we draw are those we get. You wouldn't like to re-deal would you, dealer?

No. They only deal to you once and then you pick them up and play them. I can play them, if I draw any damn thing at all...”
― Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and into the Trees

“I head in the direction of the Eiffel Tower when I exit the alley, relieved to be out of the dark.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“I'm being pulled under - father and farther from the surface. My lungs continue to scream for air. Panic is building inside me, threatening to combust. I can't break free.
Help! I can't break free!
I open my mouth to scream.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“Night has settled over Paris.
The streets have cleared of the crowds, and the city has been lit up. I set my book down, deciding to go for a walk. The Eiffel Tower is only a few blocks away. Now that there aren't many people out, I can walk there without having to fight my way through mobs of gawking tourists.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“I take in all the colorful locks that line the bridge. Each one told a story. Each lock represented a relationship that was once special, whether it ended or turned into true happiness. The locks represented a past, present, and a possible future.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“When we step onto the bridge, Nathan turns and spreads his arms out wide. ‘Welcome to Pont des Arts, a.k.a. The Lock Bridge.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“I freeze, my feet suddenly glued to the floor. It takes me a minute to gather the courage to turn around, but when I do, I immediately wish I hadn't. The boy is standing in the doorway at the end of the hall.
Why is he here again? I barely allow myself time to ask the question before I move. Panicked, I turn and run back downstairs as fast as I can.
"Hey! Wait!" he calls after me.
I don't stop.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“Draw the attention of those who do things out of spite, to something else, away from what you wish to avoid.”
― Nabil N. Jamal

“I want to draw you,' I said. 'As my birthday present to me.'

His smile was positively feline.

I added, flipping open my sketchbook and turning to the first page, 'You said once that nude would be best.'

Rhys's eyes glowed, and a whisper of his power through the room had the curtains parting, flooding the space with midmorning sunshine. Showing every glorious naked inch of him sprawled across the bed, illuminating the faint reds and golds of his wings. 'Do your worst, Cursebreaker.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight

“The boy took my sketchbook.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“By meditating, you are beginning to act and every action which is pleasing to God brings you closer to the actualization of your God-given vision”
― Sunday Adelaja

“I draw from the well what I like. The well has both mud and water.”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“My heart is like a blank sheet.
And I draw something sweet.
Sometimes it's a growing bliss
To keep blowing a tender kiss!

Meu coração é como um papel em branco
Onde pinto e bordo, sem muito solavanco. As vezes mesmo sinto esse enorme prazer
ao mergulhar num mar de coisas pra fazer!”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, Pierrot & Columbine

“The different shades of colours include black as well as white.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Through repeated use I have discovered that a pencil has two ends. One draws lines. The other erases them. And in a culture that’s becoming increasingly divided, maybe we need to commit to using the latter and stop sharpening the former.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Water can be drawn from a well, or drawn on a sheet of paper.
Art, in whatever form, is art.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“I was drawn to Becca’s independence. She cherished her time alone and supported my desire to go on climbing trips. That absence of pressure led to a feeling of freedom.”
― Tommy Caldwell, The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall

“In the popular children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon, the four-year-old protagonist has the power to create things just by drawing them. There’s no path to walk on, so he draws a path. There’s no moon to light his path, so he draws the moon. There are no trees to climb on, so he draws an apple tree. Throughout the story, his imagination brings things into existence.”
― Ozan Varol, Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life