LeRoy Neiman Quotes - Page 2

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• I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several successful television series including 'Magnum PI.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Successful, Artist, Roosters

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• Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Jobs, Real, Passion

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

  LeRoy Neiman

  Playboy, Throttle, Liberating

  Leroy Neiman (2013). “All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs”, p.121, Rowman & Littlefield

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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

  Attitude, Ambition, Self

  Leroy Neiman (2013). “All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs”, p.121, Rowman & Littlefield

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

  LeRoy Neiman

  Men, Doors

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• Throughout my life, cigars have played different roles for me. They fit easily and well in the various stages and experiences Ive had -- like a companion, almost. If youve smoked a long time, as I have, they become part of you.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Long, Different, Roles

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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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