Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.
Interpretation
Drawing connects humans with their surroundings and has a timeless quality.
In this quote, Keith Haring emphasizes the enduring nature of drawing as a fundamental form of expression that links humanity to the world around us. He suggests that drawing not only serves as a means of representation but also contains an element of magic, capturing the essence of life and creativity through its simplicity and historical significance.
In practice
In an art class, to inspire students about the value of drawing.
I am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic structure, an indication of the entire object with a minimum of lines that becomes a symbol. This is common to all languages, all people, all times.
The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in this mystery of creation. Human creativity reaffirms and mystifies the power of 'life.
When it is working, you completely go into another place, you're tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own self. That's what it's all about.
I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.
I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that.
My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.
When you start to think of the arts as not this thing that is going to get you somewhere in terms of becoming an artist or becoming famous or whatever it is that people do, but rather a way of making being in the world not just bearable, but fascinating, then it starts to get interesting again.
An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique - all these are in the middle.
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision.
It's important as a writer to do my art well and do it in a way that is powerful and beautiful and meaningful, so that my work regenerates the people, certainly Indian people, and the earth and the sun. And in that way we all continue forever.
I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.
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