Contact Quote by Kimon Nicolaides

“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

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Contact Draws Enough Objects Senses Vivid

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