Jack Levine Quotes & Sayings

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.”

“I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.”