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# Steven Naifeh

(1952)   Writer

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Steven Naifeh is a writer.

## Quick Facts About Steven Naifeh

Born June 19, 1952

Profession Writer

## About Steven Naifeh

American writer... \| Steven Naifeh is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer of both Jackson Pollock and Vincent van Gogh. In addition to writing 18 books with Gregory White Smith, Naifeh is a businessman who founded several companies, including Best Lawyers, which spawned an industry of professional rankings.

##  Quotes by Steven Naifeh

> [“company. To move in any good circle, even one as”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-naifeh/company-to-move-in-any-good-circle-even-one-as/)

Steven Naifeh

[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/steven-naifeh-47247_business_company-to-move-in-any-good-circle-even_551317.jpg)

> [“To Vincent, his art was a record of his life more true, more revealing (“how deep—how infinitely deep”) even than the storm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-naifeh/to-vincent-his-art-was-a-record-of-his-life-more-true-more-revealing/)

Steven Naifeh

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/steven-naifeh-47247_art_to-vincent-his-art-was-a-record-of-his-l_600400.jpg)

> [“Puente levadizo y dama con sombrilla, MAYO DE 1888, TINTA Y TIZA SOBRE PAPEL, 60 X 31,9 CM © Los Angeles County…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-naifeh/puente-levadizo-y-dama-con-sombrilla-mayo-de-1888-tinta-y-tiza-sobre/)

Steven Naifeh

[Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/steven-naifeh-47247_amor_puente-levadizo-y-dama-con-sombrilla-may_787307.jpg)

> [“Vincent was the victim of his own fanatic heart. “There’s something in the way he talks that makes people either love him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-naifeh/vincent-was-the-victim-of-his-own-fanatic-heart-there-s-something-in/)

Steven Naifeh

[Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/steven-naifeh-47247_christianity_vincent-was-the-victim-of-his-own-fanati_848378.jpg)

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