Top 11 Depiction Quotes

I'm never drawing the object itself; I'm only drawing a depiction of the object - a kind of crystallized symbol of it.

I'm never drawing the object itself; I'm only drawing a depiction of the object - a kind of crystallized symbol of it.

Drawing, Kind, Depiction

Roy Lichtenstein, Jack Cowart, Katonah Museum of Art, Dixon Gallery and Gardens (2009). “Lichtenstein in process”

I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.

Character, Depiction, Performances

Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something to be seen, it must be looked at by somebody, and any true and real depiction must be an account of the experience of that looking.

David Hockney

Photography, Real, Depiction

Lawrence Weschler, David Hockney, Getty Foundation (2008). “True to life: twenty-five years of conversations with David Hockney”, Univ of California Pr

The God of the Old Testament is the depiction of evil.

Joni Mitchell

Evil, Old Testament, Depiction

Certainly, the history of my life and the works of art which have especially enriched it is precisely that: the depiction or incantation of a handful of metaphors whose spendour rests upon their intonation.

Michael Ayrton

Art, Metaphor, Depiction

Michael Ayrton (1971). “The Rudiments of Paradise: Various Essays on Various Arts”