26 Quotes by Igor Babailov

In visual art it’s better once to see, than one hundred times to hear.

It is far easier to debate about realistic painting than to paint one.

Insecurity prevents young artists from ‘flying’ and older artists from being ‘down to earth.’ Young artists should work on their confidence and the older ones on their humility.

Artists with the lack of proper education and experience of working from life will copy whatever is visible on the photograph, without knowing what’s underneath. As a result, instead of creating the in-depth and full of character portrait, they draw a mask with no soul.

Perhaps one of the most essential exercises in learning to paint is the copying of master works in the museums.

Even though these are different times, right now we are particularly thinking about what is leadership, and Washington’s qualities are as needed today as they were at the founding of this great nation.

It is sinful for students to badmouth their teachers and sinful for teachers to mislead their students.

When we think of Leonardo da Vinci, the last thing that comes to mind is the nationality of the artist. The great masters belong to the world.

The ability to draw from life determines the artist’s skill. This is why live drawing classes have always been at the top of the curriculum for properly structured academic workshops.