The Natural Way to Draw Quotes

“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 technique from expression. There is only expression.”
― Kimon Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw

“The first function of an art student is to observe, to study nature.”
― Kimon Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw

“All that you need in the way of technique for drawing is bound up in the
technique of seeing - that is, of understanding, which after all is mainly
dependent on feeling. If you attempt to see in the way prescribed by any
mechanical system of drawing, old or new, you will lose the understanding of
the fundamental impulse. Your drawing becomes a meaningless diagram
and the time so spent is wasted.”
― Kimon Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw

“This book was written to be used. It is not meant simply to be read any more than you would sit down to read through an arithmetic book without any attempt to work out the problems it describes.”
― Kimon Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw

“There is no such thing as getting more than you put into anything.”
― Kimon Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw