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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.

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.

Jack Levine
Disappointment, Race, Opposites
Kenneth Wade Prescott, Jack Levine (1978). “Jack Levine: Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings, Drawings, Graphics”

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

Jack Levine
These Days, Impulse, Hard

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

Jack Levine
Goal, Tradition, Up To Date
"Conversations With Artists". Book by Selden Rodman, 1957.

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

Jack Levine
Wish, Paint, Painter

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

Jack Levine
Mean, Men, Want
Jack Levine, Milton Wolf Brown (1989). “Jack Levine”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns

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

Jack Levine
Dog, Littles, Way

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

Jack Levine
Art, Museums, Directors

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

Jack Levine
Different, Quiet, Painting

I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.

Jack Levine
Men, Concerned, Conditions
Kenneth Wade Prescott, Jack Levine (1978). “Jack Levine: Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings, Drawings, Graphics”

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

Jack Levine
Character, Independent, Artist
Jack Levine, Milton Wolf Brown (1989). “Jack Levine”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

Jack Levine
Eyebrows, Communism

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

Jack Levine
Hands, Trying, Enough
Jack Levine, Milton Wolf Brown (1989). “Jack Levine”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns

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