Merely to see... is not enough. It is necessary to have a fresh, vivid, physical contact with the object you draw through as many of the senses as possible - and especially through the sense of touch.
You cannot govern the creative impulse; all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it. - Kimon Nicolaides
You cannot govern the creative impulse; all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it.
- Kimon Nicolaides
Man can make only the rules. He cannot make the laws, which are the laws of nature. It is the understanding of these laws that enables a student to d… - Kimon Nicolaides
Man can make only the rules. He cannot make the laws, which are the laws of nature. It is the understanding of these laws that enables a student to d…
There is only one right way to draw... physical contact with all sorts of objects through all the senses. - Kimon Nicolaides
There is only one right way to draw... physical contact with all sorts of objects through all the senses.
Technique should be taught, not as an end in itself, but as something related to individual expression, as a means toward an end. One cannot separate… - Kimon Nicolaides
Technique should be taught, not as an end in itself, but as something related to individual expression, as a means toward an end. One cannot separate…
Committing oneself to a technique causes stagnation. - Kimon Nicolaides
Committing oneself to a technique causes stagnation.
There is no such thing as starting where Cezanne left off. You have to start where he started... at the beginning. - Kimon Nicolaides
There is no such thing as starting where Cezanne left off. You have to start where he started... at the beginning.
To understand theory is not enough. Much practice is necessary. - Kimon Nicolaides
To understand theory is not enough. Much practice is necessary.
The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them. - Kimon Nicolaides
The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them.
You should draw not what the thing looks like, not even what it is, but what it is doing... Gesture has no precise edges, no forms. The forms are in … - Kimon Nicolaides
You should draw not what the thing looks like, not even what it is, but what it is doing... Gesture has no precise edges, no forms. The forms are in …
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