Danny Gregory Quotes

#1. bear in mind that interesting art doesn't come from trying to slavishly turn a photo into a drawing. Try to add as much as you can of your own to the image.

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#2. They record thoughts and overheard conversations, as well as maps of their personal paths, phone numbers for hotels, restaurant recommendations, airline flight numbers. Eventually,

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#3. Please DO waste art materials. Use paper. Empty paint jars. Deplete pens. if it's teaching you stuff, it's not being wasted.

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#4. Sure, you need enormous amounts of technical expertise to be the best in the world. But to accomplish mindfulness, you just need something you already have: the willingness to quiet down, clear the crap and trust yourself.

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#5. The true purpose of illustrated journaling [is] to celebrate your life. No matter how small or mundane or redundant, each drawing and little essay you write to commemorate an event or an object or a place makes it all the more special.

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#6. Every day matters. I think so. I do. But I really have to work to force myself to see its value sometimes.

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#7. look before you draw and believe what your eyes, not the rest of your head, tell you.

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#8. Remember: Writing is drawing.

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#9. Keep your eyes on the things you are drawing 80 percent of the time and on your page just 20 percent.

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#10. There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side of the tracks.

Laura Dern

#11. Birds sing, wolves howl, crickets chirp. But why? Money? Fame? Record contracts? Endorsements? What's it all for? They do it because they're alive. They do it because life is about making things.

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#12. Every day contains a thousand little servings of free time you might just have overlooked. And each moment contains beauty, wonder, and models you never need to pay.

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#13. Be as just and gracious unto me,
As I am confident and kind to thee.

William Shakespeare

#14. Read this book when you are stuck. But don't read it instead of drawing.

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#15. Mistakes are lessons in disguise and accurate reflections of your true state. Maybe you need to slow down. Maybe your initial expectation was actually what was wrong. Maybe you need to draw more often.

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#16. Celebrate your life now, as it unfolds.
Turn away from judgement and negative theories about your worth, your potential, and your destiny. See what you already have.

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#17. I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous

Robert McNamara

#18. Get used to eating cold toast. Draw your breakfast every day. Then eat it.

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#19. Someone told me it was a round thing that gobbles up money. I thought that was Tip O'Neill.

Ronald Reagan

#20. Contour, negative space, and measurements. You just learned the three important lessons in drawing and saved yourself four years of art school.

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#21. My drawing began as a way to count my blessings. To study, capture, catalog the things that, despite it all, make my life rich.

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#22. Skip perfection. A lame drawing is better than no drawing.

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#23. When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there's never any competitive vibe. It's more about how do we do this thing together.

Edward Burns

#24. Follow your passion and the rest will straighten itself out.

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#25. creativity isn't a luxury. It's the essence of life. It's what distinguishes us from the mush. And it's why our ancestors survived while other less adaptive critters perished. They responded to change by being creative in some way, by inventing a new answer to the chaos.

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#26. I don't want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy.

Karl Lagerfeld

#27. It's ironic that people speak of artists as dreamers. I think they are the most grounded people around. Conscious and present. As an artist, you really see life, connect with its beauty, and create something that shares those observations with others. You notice things.

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#28. I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.

Fatema Mernissi

#29. Making art will show you how much you already have. Your real treasures. A brand-new Maserati is a lot less beautiful to draw than a rusty old pickup.

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#30. Don't go crazy with art supplies at first. Just get a sketchbook and a pen that'll fit in your bag and keep them with you for when a moment opens up.

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