LeRoy Neiman

There's no greatest moment in the arts. It's a life; it's a continuity thing. You can't have a great moment because it's…

— LeRoy Neiman

I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when…

— LeRoy Neiman

I've zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give…

— LeRoy Neiman

'Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and…

— LeRoy Neiman

I draw all the time. Drawing is my backbone. I don't think a painter has to be able to draw, I just…

— LeRoy Neiman

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

— LeRoy Neiman

I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.

— LeRoy Neiman

It's a nice feeling to go out in the world and look for excellence - the best in man. My subject is…

— LeRoy Neiman

The people who love my paintings, that respond to them the most, they're spectators, they're not viewers.

— LeRoy Neiman

When I paint, I seriously consider the public presence of a person - the surface facade. I am less concerned with how…

— LeRoy Neiman

I love the passion you go through while you're creating.

— LeRoy Neiman

I always stayed in tune with my own ambitions and attitudes and I'm still my intractable old self, for better or worse.

— LeRoy Neiman

I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept…

— LeRoy Neiman

Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher…

— LeRoy Neiman

It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few...

— LeRoy Neiman

But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle.

— LeRoy Neiman

The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I was an…

— LeRoy Neiman

I can easily ignore my detractors and feel the people who respond favorably.

— LeRoy Neiman

You know what I like about San Francisco? The women are beautiful, fashionable and smart. San Francisco is one of the only…

— LeRoy Neiman

The most important thing is to just do it. If I work at a higher level I have responsibility to do better…

— LeRoy Neiman

I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism,…

— LeRoy Neiman

Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights…

— LeRoy Neiman

Imagination comes of not having things.

— LeRoy Neiman

No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesn't... you work out…

— LeRoy Neiman

I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I fought at the battle of Normandy, I…

— LeRoy Neiman