LeRoy Neiman Quotes
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You know what I like about San Francisco? The women are beautiful, fashionable and smart. San Francisco is one of the only cities I like to visit. I love New York and Chicago - I studied there, and L.A. has the same people as New York.
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Every time I started painting it was like a new experience, but they all came out the same.
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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.
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As I turn 91 this June 8th, I have to admit my hours at the easel have diminished.
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It's been fun. I've had a lucky life. Art has made me pull the best out of myself.
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I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest.
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I can easily ignore my detractors and feel the people who respond favorably.
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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.'
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The people who love my paintings, that respond to them the most, they're spectators, they're not viewers.
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It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis.
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I love the passion you go through while you're creating.