21 Quotes by Jim Dine

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.

Autobiography is the most fascinating thing you can do because you get to touch the human condition. And in the end, what else is there? To me, it’s the ultimate affirmation of life, and a miracle of this transient, extremely fragile organism. To celebrate that, I think, is a noble thing to do.

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