I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all’s said and done, there’s really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living.
About Jim Dine
Jim Dineis an American artist. Dine’s work includes painting, drawing, printmaking (in many forms including lithographs, etchings, gravure, intaglio, woodcuts, letterpress and linocuts), sculpture and photography; his early works encompassed assemblage and happenings, while in recent years his poetry output, both in publications and readings, has increased.
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I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all’s said and done, there’s really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living.
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another.
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It’s about making the best kind of image I can make, it’s about talking as clearly as I can.
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
I’ve never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I’d be packing a piece.
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
I do not think that obsession is funny or that not being able to stop one’s intensity is funny.
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it’s charged with and how much subject matter is there.
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker