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Jack Levine
American
Artist
About the author
Impulses are hard to come by these days.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Impulses
Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Opposition
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.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Saying
#Man
#Race
#Disappointment
#Direction
#Expectations
This acting was very hard work.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Acting
#Work
#Hard work
Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Now
#Painting
#Tranquility
Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Artists
It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Art
I'm an outsider.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Man
As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Want
#Man
I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Wrong
Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.
Jack Levine,
American
Artist
#Communism