36 Quotes by Stan Smith

Hey, all I was trying to do was keep my country and my family safe!

Study your subject through half-closed eyes before starting to draw - you'll find that the lights and darks are exaggerated and easier to identify.

Spaces between the forms, or the negative shapes, play just as great a role as the positives and they enable you to check the accuracy of your drawing. The positives make the negatives and negatives make the positives.

In the real world there are many tones, from white at one extreme, through a large number of medium tones to black at the other extreme. To achieve a three-dimensional effect on paper you need just three - white, black and medium gray.

When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can.

Son, feelings are what women have. They come from their ovaries.

Laughter is infectious, like small pox or gay.

Sweeping gestures from the shoulder allow you to make generous marks, well suited to large scale work. You don't get anything simpler than this - I'm sure it is the way the cave men drew.

Winning is great, but it's the l9ong road to get there that makes it worthwhile.