Jacob Epstein famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

To accuse me of making sensations is the easiest way of attacking me, and in reality leaves the question of sculpture untouched.
-- Jacob Epstein

#Reality #Sculpture #Way
Why dont they stick to murder and leave art to us?
-- Jacob Epstein

#Art #Sticks #Murder
To think of abstraction as an end in itself is undoubtedly letting oneself be led into a cul-de-sac and can only lead to exhaustion and impotence.
-- Jacob Epstein

#Thinking #Ends #Oneself
The artist is the world's scapegoat.
-- Jacob Epstein

#Artist #World #Scapegoat
When I was doing Professor Albert Einstein's bust he had many a jibe at the Nazi professors, one hundred of whom had condemned his theory of relativity in a book. 'Were I wrong,' he said, 'one professor would have been enough.
-- Jacob Epstein

#Book #Nazi #Enough
I cannot recall a period when I did not draw; and at school, the studies that were distasteful to me, mathematics and grammar , were retarded by the indulgence of teachers who were proud of my drawing faculties, and passed over my neglect of uncongenial subjects.
-- Jacob Epstein

#Teacher #School #Drawing
A sculptor is supposed to be a dull dog anyway, so why should he not break out in colour sometimes, and in my case I'd as soon be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
-- Jacob Epstein

#Dog #Sheep #Lambs
The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to the sitter and to himself, will have some bitter experiences.
-- Jacob Epstein

#Artist #Order #Portraits
There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him.
-- Jacob Epstein

#Art #Expression #World
A wife, a lover, can perhaps never see what the artist sees. They rarely ever do. Perhaps a really mediocre artist has more chance of success.
-- Jacob Epstein

#Artist #Wife #Chance

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