Carl Purcell > Quotes

“Questions like, “How close is the angle of this object to vertical?” “Are any of the subject's dimensions the same?” “Where is this in relation to that?”
― Carl Purcell, Your Artist's Brain: Use the right side of your brain to draw and paint what you see - not what you think you see

“Drawings are the product of intense observation, not intellectual interpretation.”
― Carl Purcell, Your Artist's Brain: Use the right side of your brain to draw and paint what you see - not what you think you see

“It's odd that in our culture we assume that everyone can (and should) learn basic language skills although only a small percentage will become authors. We also assume that everyone can learn math while only a few will become mathematicians. However, we assume that drawing requires some special talent possessed by only a few and the rest need not try.”
― Carl Purcell, Your Artist's Brain: Use the right side of your brain to draw and paint what you see - not what you think you see