Jack Levine Quotes & Sayings

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

I'm an outsider. — Jack Levine

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

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

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

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism. — Jack Levine

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

This acting was very hard work. — Jack Levine

I am primarily concerned with the condition of man. — Jack Levine

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

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

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

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

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

Impulses are hard to come by these days. — Jack Levine