Drawing

Is drawing the origin of all of the arts? A question put forward at a lecture given by Jean Luc French. Sorry, I don't remember his real name. Its not Picard though. Does drawing act as a map from which all other road come from? I'm not really sure how to answer this myself. I guess it depends on how general we are using the term of drawing. I wouldn't like to think that everything needs to begin from a visual translation. I suppose however, perhaps traditionally drawing is where everything began. For painting and sculpture, plans where made through drawing. Is everything else merely an extention, a translation of this humble beginning? Does this mean that drawing still has prevalence to all art works, or have we evolved enough for it to no longer matter?

Thoughts please.