Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

- Jack Levine

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

- Jack Levine

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

- Jack Levine

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

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

- Jack Levine

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

- Jack Levine

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

- Jack Levine

I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.

- Jack Levine

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

- Jack Levine