LeRoy Neiman Quotes - Page 2

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• 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 I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.'

  LeRoy Neiman

  Compliments You, Needs, Done

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

  LeRoy Neiman

  Painting, Selling, Difficult

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• I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I fought at the battle of Normandy, I slogged through the Ardennes, and I celebrated the liberation of Paris on the streets with beautiful French girls throwing flowers at me. I said good-bye to my first true love and discovered what I really wanted to do with my life.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Beautiful, Girl, Goodbye

  Leroy Neiman (2013). “All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs”, p.28, Rowman & Littlefield

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• 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

  People, Style, Trying

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• The most important thing is to just do it. If I work at a higher level I have responsibility to do better than what I've done before. Sometimes the best happens - beyond possibility. Just do it. Can't worry about it.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Responsibility, Worry, Important

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• As I turn 91... I have to admit my hours at the easel have diminished.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Hours, Turns

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

  LeRoy Neiman

  People, Feels, I Can

  "Sports Artist LeRoy Neiman, Official Painter of Five Olympics, Dies at Age 91", www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 20, 2012.

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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

  Art, Training, Study

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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

  Artist, Important, Theory

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