Artist Quotes by Jack Levine

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

— Jack Levine

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

— Jack Levine

I am primarily concerned with the condition of man,

— Jack Levine

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

— Jack Levine

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

— Jack Levine

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

— Jack Levine

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

— Jack Levine

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

— Jack Levine

I'm an outsider.

— 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

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

— Jack Levine

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

— 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…

— Jack Levine

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

— Jack Levine

This acting was very hard work.

— Jack Levine