JACK LEVINE

Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

I'm an outsider.

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.

As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.

My goal... not to go back to Rembrandt... but to bring the great tradition and whatever is great about it, up to date.

It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

I'm an outsider.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

This acting was very hard work.

I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.

Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.

As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.

Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.

I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.

I have never learned to draw a hand well enough, so why should I stop trying now?

My goal... not to go back to Rembrandt... but to bring the great tradition and whatever is great about it, up to date.