Andrew Loomis Quotes

• To learn to draw is to draw and draw and draw.

  Andrew Loomis

  Learning, Practice, Drawing

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• To any man who has slaved to acquire skill in his art, it is most irritating to have his ability referred to as a “gift.”

  Andrew Loomis

  Art, Men, Skills

  Andrew Loomis (1943). “Figure drawing for all it's worth”, Viking Pr

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• I feel that talent means little unless coupled with an insatiable desire to give an excellent personal demonstration of ability...talent must be in company with a capacity for unlimited effort which provides the power that eventually hurdles the difficulties that would frustrate lukewarm enthusiasm.

  Andrew Loomis

  Mean, Giving, Effort

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• The difficulties of not knowing are always much greater than the effort of learning.

  Andrew Loomis

  Knowing, Effort, Difficulty

  Andrew Loomis (2017). “The Successful Drawing”, p.29, EDITORA BIBLIOMUNDI SERVIÇOS DIGITAIS LTDA

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• It is ten per cent how you draw, and ninety per cent what you draw.

  Andrew Loomis

  Ninety, Cents, Draws

  Andrew Loomis (1943). “Figure drawing for all it's worth”, Viking Pr

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• A head is not drawn until you can feel the unseen side.

  Andrew Loomis

  Unseen, Sides, Feels

  Andrew Loomis (2017). “Drawing the head & hands”, p.24, EDITORA BIBLIOMUNDI SERVIÇOS DIGITAIS LTDA

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• Observation and study are necessary to achieve mastery of light and form

  Andrew Loomis

  Light, Mastery, Study

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• If you intend to make a living at drawing, by all means learn it [the rules of perspective] now, and do not have them bothering you and your work for the rest of your life.

  Andrew Loomis

  Mean, Bothering You, Drawing

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• Art without color would lose much of its purpose.

  Andrew Loomis

  Art, Color, Purpose

  Andrew Loomis (2018). “The Eye Of The Painter”, p.159, EDITORA BIBLIOMUNDI SERVIÇOS DIGITAIS LTDA

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