Kimon Nicolaides Art Quotes - (7 quotes)

Kimon Nicolaides - From the Beginning category:

There is no such thing as starting where Cezanne left off. You have to start where he started... at the beginning. (Kimon Nicolaides)

Kimon Nicolaides - From the Commitment category:

Committing oneself to a technique causes stagnation. (Kimon Nicolaides)

Kimon Nicolaides - From the Creativity category:

You cannot govern the creative impulse; all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it. (Kimon Nicolaides)

Kimon Nicolaides - From the Drawing category:

There is only one right way to draw... physical contact with all sorts of objects through all the senses. (Kimon Nicolaides)

Kimon Nicolaides - From the Movement category:

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 the act of changing. Gesture is movement in space. (Kimon Nicolaides)

Kimon Nicolaides - From the Painting category:

You are not to think of painting as something separate from drawing. (Kimon Nicolaides)

Kimon Nicolaides - From the Senses category:

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. (Kimon Nicolaides)