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Norman Rockwell Quotes
«I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject's personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him.»
Author: Norman Rockwell
«If you look at that picture for the 1964 election, you'll see I showed three different poses of Johnson-two of them smiling, but one of them grim, just like when we walked in that room. Lord, but those eyes of his could be cold.»
Author: Norman Rockwell
«The remarks about my reaching the age of Social Security and coming to the end of the road, they jolted me. And that was good. Because I sure as hell had no intention of just sitting around for the rest of my life. So I'd whip out the paints and really go to it.»
Author: Norman Rockwell
«I would take the wrong approach for a teacher, I guess... But there was always someone in a class who would raise an objection to my way. They'd want to get into an argument with me. And I was no good at arguing. So I figured if that was what teaching was like, I better leave it to someone who knows how to maneuver an argument. I'd stick to what I knew-painting. So I didn't stay long at the Los Angeles County Artists School.»
Author: Norman Rockwell
«Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.»
Author: Norman Rockwell
«I was asked to illustrate the classics of Mark Twain. He's one of my very favorite authors. I felt great!»
Author: Norman Rockwell
«The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.»
Author: Norman Rockwell
«The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it.»
Author: Norman Rockwell
«Guess I never really belonged in Westchester. I was never really happy there. But the hard-dirt farmers in Vermont-when I got with them, it was like coming home.»
Author: Norman Rockwell
«A face in the picture would bother me, so I'd rub it out with the turpentine and do it over.»
Author: Norman Rockwell