My earliest recollections are of the teeming East Side where I was born. This Hester Street and its surrounding streets were the most densely populated of any city on Earth; and looking back at it, I realize what I owe… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
When I was doing Professor Albert Einstein's bust he had many a jibe at the Nazi professors, one hundred of whom had condemned his… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
A wife, a lover, can perhaps never see what the artist sees They rarely ever do. Perhaps a really mediocre artist has more chance… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
My earliest recollections are of the teeming East Side where I was born. This Hester Street and its surrounding streets were the most densely… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
Early on I saw the plastic quality in colored people and had friends among them; and later was to work from colored models and… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination, feeding upon… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
A sculptor is supposed to be a dull dog anyway, so why should he not break out in colour sometimes, and in my case… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
To accuse me of making sensations is the easiest way of attacking me, and in reality leaves the question of sculpture untouched. — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
To think of abstraction as an end in itself is undoubtedly letting oneself be led into a cul-de-sac and can only lead to exhaustion… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
I remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside to be… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
I have never found out that there was in my family an artist or anyone interested in the arts or sciences, and I have… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
