Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

—John W. Gardner

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About John W. Gardner

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John William Gardner (October 8, 1912 – February 16, 2002) was US Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) under Lyndon Johnson. He was a strong advocate for citizen participation and founded Common Cause; he became known as "the father of campaign finance reform".

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We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

—John W. Gardner

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

—John W. Gardner

When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.

—John W. Gardner

When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: "Only stand out of my light." Perhaps someday we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.

—John W. Gardner

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Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.

—Norman McLaren

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One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.

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I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.

—Barbara Hepworth

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

—Henri Matisse

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To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

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