"It's a privilege, you know, to paint and……" — Alice Neel
"It's a privilege, you know, to paint and it takes up a lot of time and it means there's a lot of things you don't do. But still, with me, painting was more than a profession, it was also an obsession. I had to paint."
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Alice Neel
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19 Quotes by Alice Neel
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You should keep on painting no matter how difficult it is, because this is all part of experience, and the…
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Art is two things: a search for a road and a search for freedom.
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Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overweening interest in humanity. Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing…
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I don't paint like a woman is supposed to paint. Thank God, art doesn't bother about things like that.
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Lucky for me, as old as I am, I can still change.
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If you're sufficiently tenacious and interested, you can accomplish what you want to accomplish in this world.
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The place where I had freedom most was when I painted. I was completely and utterly myself.
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When women finally get liberated, they'll do the same that men do - dog eat dog - that's what our…
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When I was in my studio I didn't give a damn what sex I was... I thought art is art.
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The minute I sat in front of a canvas I was happy. Because it was a world, and I could…
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You can't leave humanity out. If you didn't have humanity, you wouldn't have anything.
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I do not pose my sitters. I do not deliberate and then concoct... Before painting, when I talk to the…
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