"To understand theory is not enough. Much practice is necessary..."

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Source : Kimon Nicolaïdes (1990). “The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Kimon Nicolaides

#Practice Quotes #Enough Quotes #Theory Quotes

“Newspapers ascribe the word "climber" to any person who falls in the mountains or off a rock. To refer to anyone who falls in the mountains as... a climber... is as factual as to say that anyone who sits down at a piano is a pianist.”

Source : Pat Ament (1997). “How to be a master climber in six easy lessons”
“Money is not a fund of knowledge.”

Source : "John W. Kluge, 95, RIP. Entrepreneur, Benefactor to Columbia University" by Dave Lerner, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 9, 2010.
“Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.”
“The two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.”
“As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.”
“The assaying of tea is an art and not a science. It is the man, and not his instruments, which is the most important. There can be no substitute for my experience and intuited knowledge.”

Source : 1986 An Insular Possession, ch.4.
“Its really hard to go out knowing that you are going to be the center of attention just about anywhere you go and that its not going to be in a positive way.”
“If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.”

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