LeRoy Neiman
LeRoy Neiman
LeRoy Neimanwas an American artist known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screen prints of athletes, musicians, and sporting events...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth8 June 1921
CitySaint Paul, MN
CountryUnited States of America
LeRoy Neiman quotes about
playboy throttle liberating
But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle.
compliments-you done care
I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.'
dream art sleep
No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesn't... you work out something. It's yours. You don't have to go to sleep to do that. You do that on the canvas.
eating my-favorite beauty-of-life
Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.
painting selling difficult
It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few...
humour
You can't take yourself too seriously.
imagination
Imagination comes of not having things.
affluence good life luxury matter paintings subject
'Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself.
june
As I turn 91 this June 8th, I have to admit my hours at the easel have diminished.
came experience time
Every time I started painting it was like a new experience, but they all came out the same.