Jack Levine

“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.”

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

“I'm an outsider.”

“This acting was very hard work.”

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

“I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.”

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

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

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

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

“Impulses are hard to come by these days.”

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

“Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.”