I have never found out that there was in my family an artist or anyone interested in the arts or sciences, and I have never been sufficiently interested in my 'family tree' to bother. My father and mother had come… — 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
