Author: LeRoy Neiman

Quotes

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

It's been fun. I've had a lucky life. Art has made me pull the best out of myself.

It's been fun. I've had a lucky life. Art has made me pull the best out of myself.

- 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

Imagination comes of not having things.

Imagination comes of not having things.

- 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 have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.

I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.

- 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

Every time I started painting it was like a new experience, but they all came out the same.

Every time I started painting it was like a new experience, but they all came out the same.

- LeRoy Neiman

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