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

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 relativi…

- Jacob Epstein

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

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 himse…

- Jacob Epstein

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

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 …

- Jacob Epstein

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 …

- Jacob Epstein

Why dont they stick to murder and leave art to us?

- Jacob Epstein

The artist is the world's scapegoat.

- Jacob Epstein