Jack Levine Quotations

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.

I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way-under the hoop.

Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.

As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

I am primarily concerned with the condition of man,

It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.

Sex offenders don't wear a mark on their forehead

Muslims were seen as a threat to religious values and survival. The difference between the Muslim-world and America is viewed as a clash of cultures by many. What's missing is empathy. Many human beings have plenty of compassion for the plight of their own people. It's the 'I've suffered more than you syndrome.' It's that kind of thinking that divides people.

He knew perfectly well that at some level there would be a lot of support for him, even if he went to prison or took his own life.

Sure, why not? You'll have to change the culture. But we've learned a lot about how to do that.

I have never learned to draw a hand well enough, so why should I stop trying now?

My goal ... not to go back to Rembrandt ... but to bring the great tradition and whatever is great about it, up to date.

The truth is, ... the only way to protect children from these sex offenders is to incarcerate them for the rest of their lives.