Sentence examples for compulsion to draw from inspiring English sources

The dealers abandoned him, but his compulsion to draw was like a telephone ringing: he had to respond, had to catch the urgent message of the object or the face.

"He had the insight and compulsion to draw out something that hadn't been seen in fashion – the streets, who we are, all of our colours, all of our mixtures".

It wasn't until he saw H.P.'s merciless stick figures that Lawrence's compulsion to draw returned, practically overnight and in full force.

No matter who is drawing, the ballpoint brings out "the compulsion to make marks," in Mr. Young's words.

The compulsion to get across that road is unyielding.

What's the compulsion to make a film about murder?

The compulsion to get across that road is _________.

He posts a video almost every day, in part to promote himself and his business (he also manufactures kayaks), but also out of some compulsion to leave a record of his exploits — to draw on the walls of the cave.

But now I see that it's an excruciatingly accurate depiction of the compulsion to write (and draw — Louise Fitzhugh illustrated the book herself), and the toll that this exacts on one's life.

But does the compulsion to excel make anybody happy?

It acts on him like a compulsion ("Gotta draw!") and puts him at odds with his father (Mark Nelson) and community.