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. — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
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… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
'Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and luxury as… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
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… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience. — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves. — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
It's a nice feeling to go out in the world and look for excellence - the best in man. My subject is very valid.… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
The people who love my paintings, that respond to them the most, they're spectators, they're not viewers. — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
When I paint, I seriously consider the public presence of a person - the surface facade. I am less concerned with how people look… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
