A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is essentially a public, presented work - related far more directly to the demands of communication.
John BergerWhat do drawings mean to me? I really don't know. The activity absorbs me. I forget everything else in a way that I don't think happens with any other activity.
John BergerOne can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.
John Berger