Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.
LeRoy NeimanThroughout my life, cigars have played different roles for me. They fit easily and well in the various stages and experiences Ive had -- like a companion, almost. If youve smoked a long time, as I have, they become part of you.
LeRoy NeimanI always stayed in tune with my own ambitions and attitudes and I'm still my intractable old self, for better or worse.
LeRoy NeimanIt's a nice feeling to go out in the world and look for excellence - the best in man. My subject is very valid. It's about people, and about life.
LeRoy NeimanThe people who love my paintings, that respond to them the most, they're spectators, they're not viewers.
LeRoy NeimanIt has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis.
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