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Quotes by Jim Dine - (7 quotes)

Jim Dine - From the Acceptance category:

I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living. (Jim Dine)

Jim Dine - From the Critics category:

I've never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I'd be packing a piece. (Jim Dine)

Jim Dine - From the Drawing category:

My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It's about making the best kind of image I can make, it's about talking as clearly as I can. (Jim Dine)

Jim Dine - From the Obsession category:

I do not think that obsession is funny or that not being able to stop one's intensity is funny. (Jim Dine)

Jim Dine - From the Passion category:

Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another. (Jim Dine)

Jim Dine - From the Subject category:

The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how much subject matter is there. (Jim Dine)

Jim Dine - From the Suffering category:

I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood. (Jim Dine)