The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how much subject matter is there. — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
More important than having a romance with the object that I'm drawing, is to have a romance with the mark that I am making. — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
I've never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I'd be… — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
For me, drawing is everything, because it informs everything. It even informs my poetry. It's the way I begin everything. — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
I work every day. I work all day. I've never had a holiday. It's all I really want to do. It's what I'm here… — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another. — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood. — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It's about making the best kind of image I can make, it's about talking as… — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
I'm not a pop artist. For me pop never was… Pop is concerned with exteriors. I'm concerned with interiors. When I use objects, I… — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
I do not think that obsession is funny or that not being able to stop one's intensity is funny. — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how much subject… — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
Autobiography is the most fascinating thing you can do because you get to touch the human condition. And in the end, what else is… — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
My life is really a history of observing forms and taking in imagery. I don't mean in a photographic way, I mean in a… — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
