The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
That penetrating gaze, that intelligence; it's hard not to be anthropomorphic when you're looking at a great ape - at any primate - but especially with gorillas. They're just so magnificent.
I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we.
A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape.
It is by developing the individual that he is prepared for that wonderful manifestation of the human intelligence, which drawing constitutes. The ability to see reality in form, in color, in proportion, to be master of the movements of one's own hand - that is what is necessary.
You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting.
Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.
It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.