Drawing Hand

Famous quotes containing the words drawing and/or hand:

“That we shall die, we know; ‘tis but the time,
And drawing days out, that men stand upon.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“In the drawing room [of the Queen’s palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid’s foot between Venus’s thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied “Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.””
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)