Jack Levine Quotes

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

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

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

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?

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

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

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.

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

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