Stan Smith Quotes

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

A lot of people now think Im a shoe. They dont even know I was a tennis player. The shoe has really taken on a life of its own, way beyond me.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

God pays twice as much attention on Christmas, like the media when a white kid goes missing.

Line is so versatile - you can do a fine, tight, closely observed description or simply put a line around an idea - like a cartoonist.

If you've worked over all of your drawing, it should finish itself - often when you least expect it.