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.

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

I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.

It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.

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 art has made me pull the best out of myself.

Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.

But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle.

I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several successful television series including 'Magnum PI.

I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism, so that's what it is, I guess.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

I draw all the time. Drawing is my backbone. I don't think a painter has to be able to draw, I just think that if you draw, you better draw well.

When I read books, it is like I have met the sacred souls.

A world of fully developed individuals is immune to the cult of collectivism.

My acting teacher used to say that people reveal themselves in their opposites.

Human beings are on a journey of awareness, which has momentarily been interrupted by extraneous forces.

The best thing to do with a bad smell is to get rid of it.

From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting democracy.

I feel like if you're a girl in the South, you know 'Gone with the Wind' better than anything. Scarlett O'Hara is such a quintessential Southern woman.

People can be lovers and enemies at the same time, you know.

The infant is ten and he stays.

The content that Jessica Nigri puts out, really displays cosplay in the wrong light.