LeRoy Neiman

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

— LeRoy Neiman

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

— LeRoy Neiman

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

— LeRoy Neiman

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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

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

— LeRoy Neiman

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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, so that's what it is, I guess. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

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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

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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

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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

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As I turn 91 this June 8th, I have to admit my hours at the easel have diminished. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

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