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Jack Levine Biography

Jack Levine (January 3, 1915 – November 8, 2010) was an American Social Realist painter and printmaker best known for his satires on modern life, political corruption, and biblical narratives.

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I have never learned to draw a hand well enough, so why should I stop trying now?

Enough, Hand, Hands, Stop, Trying

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

Chosen, Disappointment, Opposite, Opposites, Race, Way

I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.

Concerned, Condition, Conditions, Man, Men, Primarily

My goal. . . not to go back to Rembrandt. . . but to bring the great tradition and whatever is great about it, up to date.

Date, Goal, Tradition, Up To Date

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

Different, Painting, Quiet, Tranquility

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

Art, Critics, Directors, Movement, Museum, Museums

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

Come, Hard, Impulse, Impulses, These Days

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

Communism, Corrupting, Eyebrows, Russians, Toward

As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.

Concerned, Man, Mean, Men, Remain, Want

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

Paint, Painter, Ted, Wish

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

Dog, Hoop, Littles, Way, Wrong

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

Artist, Character, Characters, Independent, Rugged, Think

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