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> [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 way of feeling them structurally,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/my-life-is-really-a-history-of-observing-forms-and-taking-in-imagery/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

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## More by Jim Dine

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/more-important-than-having-a-romance-with-the-object-that-i-m-drawing/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/i-ve-never-had-an-easy-relationship-with-critics-i-hold-a-lot-of/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [For me, drawing is everything, because it informs everything. It even informs my poetry. It's the way I begin everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/for-me-drawing-is-everything-because-it-informs-everything-it-even/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/i-work-every-day-i-work-all-day-i-ve-never-had-a-holiday-it-s-all-i/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/western-art-is-built-on-the-biographical-passion-of-one-artist-for/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/i-have-never-been-able-to-carry-out-any-work-coolly-on-the-contrary-2/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/my-attitude-towards-drawing-is-not-necessarily-about-drawing-it-s/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/i-m-not-a-pop-artist-for-me-pop-never-was-pop-is-concerned-with/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [I do not think that obsession is funny or that not being able to stop one's intensity is funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/i-do-not-think-that-obsession-is-funny-or-that-not-being-able-to-stop/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/the-figure-is-still-the-only-thing-i-have-faith-in-in-terms-of-how/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [Autobiography is the most fascinating thing you can do because you get to touch the human condition. And in the end, what else is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/autobiography-is-the-most-fascinating-thing-you-can-do-because-you/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/my-life-is-really-a-history-of-observing-forms-and-taking-in-imagery/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

> [I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/i-have-come-to-terms-with-a-lot-of-things-because-when-all-s-said-and/)

[Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/)

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