The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'

- Leroy Neiman

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

- Leroy Neiman

When I paint, I seriously consider the public presence of a person - the surface facade. I am less concerned with how people look when they wake up o…

- Leroy Neiman

Ive zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and a…

- Leroy Neiman

You know what I like about San Francisco? The women are beautiful, fashionable and smart. San Francisco is one of the only cities I like to visit. I …

- Leroy Neiman

The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I was an academically trained student, and…

- Leroy Neiman

I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the yea…

- Leroy Neiman

Imagination comes of not having things.

- Leroy Neiman

You can't take yourself too seriously.

- Leroy Neiman