--- title: "3 Institute Quotes By Paul Smith" description: "3 Institute quotes by Paul Smith. Plus more from Paul Smith and more Institute sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/paul-smith-10839_art_the-class-situation-at-art-institute-on_244355.png" --- > [ The class situation \[at Art Institute on Elmwood Avenue\] was such that one would be very much on their own to paint… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/the-class-situation-at-art-institute-on-elmwood-avenue-was-such-that/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/paul-smith-10839_art_the-class-situation-at-art-institute-on_244355.png) > [Jack Sturtzer, one of my cousins, had gone to art school and suggested that I might be interested in a private school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/jack-sturtzer-one-of-my-cousins-had-gone-to-art-school-and-suggested/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a71/paul-smith-10839_art_jack-sturtzer-one-of-my-cousins-had-gone_1001260.jpg) > [I graduated in June 1948 and then went in the fall to the art school. I stayed with my cousins on Seventeenth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/i-graduated-in-june-1948-and-then-went-in-the-fall-to-the-art-school/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/paul-smith-10839_able_i-graduated-in-june-1948-and-then-went-i_1197326.png) ## Other authors on Institute ## More by Paul Smith > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/i-became-a-bit-of-a-teacher-s-pet-and-it-became-known-in-the-school/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/i-ve-always-been-a-keen-cyclist-i-m-very-close-to-the-world-of/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [I learned from books that I picked up. That was something that just came out of nowhere but continued to be an attraction. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/i-learned-from-books-that-i-picked-up-that-was-something-that-just/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [At the end of the elementary program, I then had to move onto high school. Simultaneously, my parents moved to Attica to a suburban…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/at-the-end-of-the-elementary-program-i-then-had-to-move-onto-high/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [You can find inspiration in everything. If you can't, then you're not looking properly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/you-can-find-inspiration-in-everything-if-you-can-t-then-you-re-not/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [I think I was really naïve. I had no context to think about what I wanted to do. Each step was a next stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/i-think-i-was-really-na-ve-i-had-no-context-to-think-about-what-i/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [One association with the arts that I vividly remember was a magazine called Normal Instructor, a teachers' magazine, that Miss George would hold up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/one-association-with-the-arts-that-i-vividly-remember-was-a-magazine/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [ The class situation \[at Art Institute on Elmwood Avenue\] was such that one would be very much on their own to paint or draw.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/the-class-situation-at-art-institute-on-elmwood-avenue-was-such-that/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [Fortunately, I had cousins who lived in Buffalo and would often go to visit them, which I loved to do because I liked Buffalo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/fortunately-i-had-cousins-who-lived-in-buffalo-and-would-often-go-to/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [I was painting furniture, learning to stencil, and explore all kinds of traditional techniques of decoration. I learned from books that I picked up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/i-was-painting-furniture-learning-to-stencil-and-explore-all-kinds-of/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/at-one-point-i-had-dreams-of-being-in-the-school-band-but-i-didn-t/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [When life closes a door, God opens a window.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/when-life-closes-a-door-god-opens-a-window/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [My parents never prevented me from doing anything, but they didn't have the knowledge of the arts that Mrs. Ranger had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/my-parents-never-prevented-me-from-doing-anything-but-they-didn-t/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/being-born-in-31-was-during-the-depression-and-in-my-earlier-youth/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) > [In a social studies class I did a paper on the history of Attica, which ended up being a little book that I created.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smith/in-a-social-studies-class-i-did-a-paper-on-the-history-of-attica/) [Paul Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smith/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/institute/paul-smith/#itemlist", "name": "3 Institute Quotes By Paul Smith", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The class situation [at Art Institute on Elmwood Avenue] was such that one would be very much on their own to paint or draw. 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