Author: LeRoy Neiman

Quotes

Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.

Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.

- LeRoy Neiman

Imagination comes of not having things.

Imagination comes of not having things.

- 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 think that if you draw, you better draw well.

I draw all the time. Drawing is my backbone. I don't think a painter has to be able to draw, I just think that if you draw, you better draw well.

- LeRoy Neiman

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

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

- LeRoy Neiman

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

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

- LeRoy Neiman

I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work.

I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work.

- LeRoy Neiman

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

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

- LeRoy Neiman

'Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself.

'Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself.

- LeRoy Neiman

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

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

- LeRoy Neiman

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