Upon graduation, in the yearbook I was voted "Most likely to succeed." which I know was credited to my artistic achievements. — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
At school there were some programs in music. I did take piano lessons, and we had a piano at home. I got… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
I was there [in school] the full time with one teacher, and the student body was never more than 10 or 12… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
Going back to the elementary school days, I was always drawing. I entered a Victory poster competition and won the top award… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
At one point I had dreams of being in the school band, but I didn't play an instrument that qualified me, and… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
It was only when I got to high school and was in the art program that my artistic talent was recognized. The… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
Jack Sturtzer, one of my cousins, had gone to art school and suggested that I might be interested in a private school… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
The first important [step] one was going to school. There was an advantage as there was a one-room schoolhouse that was within… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
At the end of the elementary program, I then had to move onto high school. Simultaneously, my parents moved to Attica to… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
In thinking back, not having any experience in any other elementary school, there may have been an advantage of being with different… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
I graduated in June 1948 and then went in the fall to the art school. I stayed with my cousins on Seventeenth… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I really excelled… — Paul Smith Copy Share
I've always been a keen cyclist, I'm very close to the world of cycling. Not just cycling really - also walking, adventures, being a… — Paul Smith Copy Share
I learned from books that I picked up. That was something that just came out of nowhere but continued to be an attraction. So… — Paul Smith Copy Share
At the end of the elementary program, I then had to move onto high school. Simultaneously, my parents moved to Attica to a suburban… — Paul Smith Copy Share
You can find inspiration in everything. If you can't, then you're not looking properly. — Paul Smith Copy Share
I think I was really naïve. I had no context to think about what I wanted to do. Each step was a next stage… — Paul Smith Copy Share
One association with the arts that I vividly remember was a magazine called Normal Instructor, a teachers' magazine, that Miss George would hold up… — Paul Smith Copy Share
The class situation [at Art Institute on Elmwood Avenue] was such that one would be very much on their own to paint or draw.… — Paul Smith Copy Share
Fortunately, I had cousins who lived in Buffalo and would often go to visit them, which I loved to do because I liked Buffalo… — Paul Smith Copy Share
I was painting furniture, learning to stencil, and explore all kinds of traditional techniques of decoration. I learned from books that I picked up. — Paul Smith Copy Share
At one point I had dreams of being in the school band, but I didn't play an instrument that qualified me, and that was… — Paul Smith Copy Share
My parents never prevented me from doing anything, but they didn't have the knowledge of the arts that Mrs. Ranger had. — Paul Smith Copy Share
Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was not the… — Paul Smith Copy Share
In a social studies class I did a paper on the history of Attica, which ended up being a little book that I created. — Paul Smith Copy Share
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