Along the Lines: Selected Drawings of Saul Steinberg

"My first choice is not just a children’s book but it’s wordless and wonderful, full of playful drawings and inked ideas. Looking at it just makes me want to draw. “I really like that it’s a book about how you can make up anything you like, it all starts with employing your imagination and going wherever you like” In this book I think the parameters of the game are lines and how they might be shaped. Each drawing is a witty performance, exhibiting how magically he can will the line into doing what he wants. There’s barely anything other than black lines on the page, yet the variety of works is so impressive. Sometimes the drawings are rough and crude, other times they’re as sharp and beautiful as a Picasso etching. Most importantly, of course, is that they’re all pretty funny."