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> [I started out as an artist, and what I do is verbal paintings. I paint a picture. Hopefully, you'll see the characters and what they're doing and what they're saying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-started-out-as-an-artist-and-what-i-do-is-verbal-paintings-i-paint/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

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## More by Jonathan Winters

> [I have a photographic memory; I just haven't developed it yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-have-a-photographic-memory-i-just-haven-t-developed-it-yet/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/if-your-ship-doesn-t-come-in-swim-out-to-it/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I have never pretended to be any kind of super-religious kind of man, but I feel very strongly that you can be funny without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-have-never-pretended-to-be-any-kind-of-super-religious-kind-of-man/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/as-a-kid-i-always-wanted-to-be-lots-of-things-i-was-a-walter-mitty/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [When you wear so many hats in society, you never know who you are. That's the beauty of it. Because once you find out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/when-you-wear-so-many-hats-in-society-you-never-know-who-you-are-that/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I've always been proud of being a Marine. I won't hesitate to defend the Corps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-ve-always-been-proud-of-being-a-marine-i-won-t-hesitate-to-defend/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/well-the-most-terrible-fear-that-anybody-should-have-is-not-war-is/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I don't do jokes. The characters are my jokes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-don-t-do-jokes-the-characters-are-my-jokes/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-find-painting-a-much-slower-process-than-comedy-where-you-can-go-a/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I don't do anything the same every day. Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-don-t-do-anything-the-same-every-day-discipline-is-tough-for-a-guy/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/discipline-is-tough-for-a-guy-who-is-a-rebel/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-don-t-paint-every-day-i-m-not-that-motivated-i-don-t-do-anything/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I was talking to a businessman, and I said, Don't you think most men are little boys? And he said, I'm no little boy!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-was-talking-to-a-businessman-and-i-said-don-t-you-think-most-men/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-was-always-an-observer-even-as-a-child-i-could-be-satisfied-to-sit/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I may not be playing with a full deck but I don't need a full deck. I have four aces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-may-not-be-playing-with-a-full-deck-but-i-don-t-need-a-full-deck-i/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

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