"The art of drawing is the art of omission."

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Source : Quoted in Paul Klee On Modern Art (1979). Liebman, David 1946- US jazz saxophonist, highly regarded as a performer and teacher.

Max Liebermann

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“There must be more to life than having everything.”

Source : Maurice Sendak, William Knowlton Zinsser (1998). “Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children”, p.25, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.”
“The trouble with science fiction is that you can write about everything: time, space, all the future, all the past, all of the universe, any kind of creature imaginable. That's too big. It provides no focus for the artist. An artist needs, in order to function, some narrowing of focus. Usually, in the history of art, the narrower the focus in which the artist is forced to work, the greater the art.”
“I trust people too much, and the other tragedy is IÂ can't say no.”
“I am in no sense of the word a great artist, not even a great animator; I have always had men working for me whose skills were greater than my own. I am an idea man.”
“A film causes me so many worries and such a lot of reactions that I have to love it in order to get over it and past it.”
“Character comes from following our highest sense of right, from trusting ideas without being sure theyâ€™ll work.”
“Pure passion equals love.”

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