American - Artist | June 8, 1921 - June 20, 2012
The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'
LeRoy Neiman
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I've zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself.
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I can easily ignore my detractors and feel the people who respond favorably.
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I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism, so that's what it is, I guess.
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I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.
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As I turn 91 this June 8th, I have to admit my hours at the easel have diminished.
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Every time I started painting it was like a new experience, but they all came out the same.
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I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.
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Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.
WorkStylePeopleTrySome People
The people who love my paintings, that respond to them the most, they're spectators, they're not viewers.
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But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle.
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I draw all the time. Drawing is my backbone. I don't think a painter has to be able to draw, I just think that if you draw, you better draw well.
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