"My sketchbooks are my warehouses of memory."
–– Pep Carrió, Spanish book cover designer
Source: Richard Brereton. Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators, and Creatives. London UK: Laurence King Publishing, 2009 (2012), p. 46.
via: Sketchbook N 14, 2024, p. 12.
"It is often we come the closest to the essence of an artist in his or her pocket notebooks and travel sketchbooks where written comments and personal notes provide an intimate insight into the magical mind of a working artist."
–– Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), French artist
Source: Art Propelled, October 31, 2019
via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2019 h, 2019, p. 38.
"A sketchbook is like a valve, a pressure release system. Instead of weighing things up in my head, I give them a place in my sketchbook. ... [My] sketchbook is a reflection of my inner world, without complaints, worries or private problems."
–– Daniel Kluge (b. 1970), German graphic designer
Source: Richard Brereton. Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators, and Creatives, 2009, p. 178.
