Draw lines, young man, many lines, from memory or from nature; it is in this way that… — Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Draw lines, young man, many lines, from memory or from nature; it is in this way that you will become a good artist.
In the original French
Tracez des lignes, jeune homme, et encore plus de lignes, à la fois de la vie et de la mémoire, et vous deviendrez un bon artiste.
1855
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Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominque. Quoted in Degas, written by Keith Roberts. Phaidon Press, 1982, p. 7.
