Citas de LeRoy Neiman

• It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.

  LeRoy Neiman

  People, Arrogance, Use

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• Imagination comes of not having things.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Imaginación

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• It's a nice feeling to go out in the world and look for excellence - the best in man. My subject is very valid. It's about people, and about life.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Nice, Men, People

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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.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Style, Firsts, Call Me

  "LeRoy Neiman dies aged 91", www.theguardian.com. June 20, 2012.

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• 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

  Artist, Firsts, Businessman

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I love the passion you go through while you're creating.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Passion, Creating

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• I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Athlete, Past, Years

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• Ive 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.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Art, Giving, Excellence

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• The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I was an academically trained student, and suddenly you could pour paint, smear it on, broom it on!

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  Guy, Students, Paint

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• You can't take yourself too seriously.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Humor

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• There's no greatest moment in the arts. It's a life; it's a continuity thing. You can't have a great moment because it's spiritual. It's a belief; it's a calling. If you're an artist, doing your own thing on your own, it's while you're doing it that counts. It's a process. If you get too elated, you can get too depressed.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Spiritual, Art, Calling

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• When I paint, I seriously consider the public presence of a person - the surface facade. I am less concerned with how people look when they wake up or how they act at home. A person's public presence reflects his own efforts at image development.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Home, People, Effort

  LeRoy Neiman (1974). “Art & lifestyle”

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• Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Jobs, Real, Passion

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• I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several successful television series including 'Magnum PI.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Successful, Artist, Roosters

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• Ha sido difícil conservar muchos cuadros, pero me he quedado con unos cuantos. Posiblemente el favorito sea el titulado "Big Band", terminado en 2005. Mide 4,5 x 4,5 metros. Tiene 18 retratos reconocibles casi a tamaño natural de las mayores estrellas del jazz que conocí y vi actuar en los años 50, 60, 70 y 80, e incluye a Wynton Marsalis.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Stars, Feet, Saws

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• My lovely wife Janet has been in a few paintings. She is basically a reserved woman who has never sought the limelight. She has always been there throughout my career and continues to be at my side.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Careers, Wife, Lovely

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• As I turn 91... I have to admit my hours at the easel have diminished.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Hours, Turns

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• The most important thing is to just do it. If I work at a higher level I have responsibility to do better than what I've done before. Sometimes the best happens - beyond possibility. Just do it. Can't worry about it.

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  Responsibility, Worry, Important

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• Pero "Playboy" fue liberador. Me sentí atraído por ella y me lancé a fondo.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Playboy, Throttle, Liberating

  Leroy Neiman (2013). “All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs”, p.121, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Throughout my life, cigars have played different roles for me. They fit easily and well in the various stages and experiences Ive had -- like a companion, almost. If youve smoked a long time, as I have, they become part of you.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Long, Different, Roles

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• I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I fought at the battle of Normandy, I slogged through the Ardennes, and I celebrated the liberation of Paris on the streets with beautiful French girls throwing flowers at me. I said good-bye to my first true love and discovered what I really wanted to do with my life.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Beautiful, Girl, Goodbye

  Leroy Neiman (2013). “All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs”, p.28, Rowman & Littlefield

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• No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesn't... you work out something. It's yours. You don't have to go to sleep to do that. You do that on the canvas.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Dream, Art, Sleep

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• Comer es una de las grandes bellezas de la vida. Una de mis diversiones favoritas... comer con amigos, el servicio, el ambiente.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Eating, My Favorite, Beauty Of Life

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• I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.

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  Men, Doors

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• I always stayed in tune with my own ambitions and attitudes and I'm still my intractable old self, for better or worse.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Attitude, Ambition, Self

  Leroy Neiman (2013). “All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs”, p.121, Rowman & Littlefield

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