Use These Artsy Quotes About Drawing to Showcase Your Best Work on Instagram

If you've been proud of your drawing skills lately, you shouldn't be afraid to put them out into the world.

Sharing your art can be scary, but at least we've taken the guesswork out of picking the perfect caption. Keep scrolling to find out which one of these will be the ideal complement to your favorite drawing on Instagram.

For that special work-in-progress that's going to continue to take time:

"Drawing takes time. A line has time in it."

-David Hockney

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For when you feel there's something honest and simple about the drawing in front of you:

"Drawing is the honesty  of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad."

-Salvador Dalí

 

For the sketch that isn't exactly art, but still feels worth sharing:

"All art is but dirtying the paper delicately."

-John Ruskin

 

For the illustration that finally captures what you've been seeing in your head all this time:

"The ability to draw depends on one's ability to see the way an artist sees."

-Betty Edwards

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For the photo collage showing the progress you've made in the last year:

"Each drawing one makes… is a step forward."

-Vincent Van Gogh

 

For one of your sillier doodles:

"A drawing is simply a line going for a walk."

-Paul Klee

 

For that first sketch that shows you everything you need to know:

"In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt."

-Pablo Picasso

 

For the composition you hope will finally convey the way you see the world:

"Drawing is not what one sees but what one can make others see."

-Edgar Degas

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For when your introversion melts away when you have a pencil in your hand:

"I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies."

-Le Corbusier

 

For the drawing that finally allowed your overactive mind to relax:

"Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination."

-Tim Burton

 

For when you don't want a bad caption to ruin your art:

"A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption."

-James Thurber

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