Shahzia Sikander quotes

For me, drawing is a way of navigating the imagination, and it remains the fundamental vehicle of my practice. Drawing allows me to be at my most inventive. (Shahzia Sikander)
In the end, the gesture of painting becomes almost meditative, like a ritual. View quote
Shahzia Sikander
I was very, very quiet. I was always a loner, hardly spoke, and I was quite a nerd in school. So I was an outsider always. View quote
Shahzia Sikander
I like driving. A lot. I think that's something I just enjoy the most. I can, at a moment's notice, drive across the country if, you know, I had to. View quote
Shahzia Sikander
My whole purpose of taking on miniature painting was to break the tradition, to experiment with it, to find new ways of making meaning, to question the relevance of it. View quote
Shahzia Sikander