"I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work."

-- LeRoy Neiman

#Artist Quotes #Important Quotes #Theory Quotes

“To get the best picture of a captured prisoner, you have to get him just as he is captured. The expression he wears then is lost forever... The human mechanism is remarkably recuperative. A half hour later, the expressions are gone, the faces have changed. The mother with the dead baby in her arms does not look griefstruck anymore, no matter what she feels.”
“The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.”
“The right answer is seldom as important as the right question.”
“Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love?”
“No matter how many personal productivity techniques you master, there will always be more to do than you can ever accomplish in the time you have available to you, no matter how much it is.”
“There's nothing more unforgivable than someone who thinks he knows more about yourself than you do.”
“I don't think you understand what a job really is when you're a teenager.”
“HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act of heroic genius. Pleasure is our birthright. Receptivity is a superpower.”

Source : Rob Brezsny (2005). “Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings”, p.7, Frog Books

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