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    How did the painter Paul Klee describe drawing?

    Question #97282. Asked by storky1. (Jul 05 08 9:58 PM)


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

    He also said that a line is "A dot going for a walk."

    http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/paul_klee.html

    (According to this site http://www.gutzitiert.de/zitat_autor__thema__zitat_23027.html a better translation would be "Drawing is the art of taking a line out for a walk.")

    Jul 06 08, 5:17 AM

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