The minute I sat in front of a canvas I was happy. Because it was a world, and I could do what I liked in it. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
I paint; I'm a woman but I don't paint china. The first time I got a canvas I felt free. Art is overreaction to life. I love these early drawings; they show my innocent beginnings in a small town. Life… — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
The place where I had freedom most was when I painted. I was completely and utterly myself. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
You can't leave humanity out. If you didn't have humanity, you wouldn't have anything. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
All experience is great providing you live through it. If it kills you, you've gone too far. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
When women finally get liberated, they'll do the same that men do - dog eat dog - that's what our culture is... — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overweening interest in humanity. Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing people. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
Cezanne said, 'I love to paint people who have grown old naturally in the country.' And I say I love to paint people who… — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
I do not pose my sitters. I do not deliberate and then concoct... Before painting, when I talk to the person, they unconsciously assume… — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
When I was in my studio I didn't give a damn what sex I was... I thought art is art. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
If you're sufficiently tenacious and interested, you can accomplish what you want to accomplish in this world. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
Nobody knows what makes good art. As an artist, when it happens, you're grateful, and then you get on with it. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
Like Chekhov, I am a collector of souls... if I hadn't been an artist, I could have been a psychiatrist. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
