Alice Neel Quotes

United States, Artist
January 28, 1900 – October, 13, 1984.

Alice Neel was an American visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity. Neel was called "one of the greatest portrait artists of the 20th century" by Barry Walker, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which organized a retrospective of her work in 2010

I like it first to be art, so actually dividing up the canvas is one of the most exciting things for me.

Alice Neel
- Exciting
- Canvas
- Dividing
Lucky for me, as old as I am, I can still change.

Alice Neel
- Change
- Lucky
- Old

Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overweening interest in humanity. Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing people.

Alice Neel
When women finally get liberated, they'll do the same that men do - dog eat dog - that's what our culture is...

Alice Neel
- Women
- Culture
- Liberated
If you're sufficiently tenacious and interested, you can accomplish what you want to accomplish in this world.

Alice Neel
You can't leave humanity out. If you didn't have humanity, you wouldn't have anything.

Alice Neel
- Humanity
- Leave
- Have
I don't paint like a woman is supposed to paint. Thank God, art doesn't bother about things like that.

Alice Neel
- Woman
- Paint
- Supposed
When I was in my studio I didn't give a damn what sex I was... I thought art is art.

Alice Neel
- Art
- Sex
- Studio

The place where I had freedom most was when I painted. I was completely and utterly myself.

Alice Neel
- Freedom
- Place
- Painted
It was more than a profession. It was even a therapy, for there I just told it as it was. It takes a lot of courage in life to tell it how it is.

Alice Neel