--- title: "9 Rockwell Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Rockwell quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Rockwell sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/duncan-jones-12555_fantastic_sam-rockwell-has-a-fantastic-sense-of-rh_1768532.jpg" --- > [Sam Rockwell has a fantastic sense of rhythm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-jones/sam-rockwell-has-a-fantastic-sense-of-rhythm/) [Duncan Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/duncan-jones-12555_fantastic_sam-rockwell-has-a-fantastic-sense-of-rh_1768532.jpg) > [“Norman Rockwell saved my life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-allen-petrick/norman-rockwell-saved-my-life/) [Jane Allen Petrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-allen-petrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/jane-allen-petrick-75871_art-criticism_norman-rockwell-saved-my-life-320116_320116.jpg) > [“I didn't grow up in a Norman Rockwell house... my house was more akin to Norman Lear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-p-naughton/i-didn-t-grow-up-in-a-norman-rockwell-house-my-house-was-more-akin-to/) [Michael P. Naughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-p-naughton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/michael-p-naughton-34356_childhood_i-didn-t-grow-up-in-a-norman-rockwell-ho_420517.jpg) > [The Rockwell magazine cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-rockwell-magazine-cover-was-more-a-part-of-the-american-reality/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/anonymous-1_magazine-covers_the-rockwell-magazine-cover-was-more-a-p_2224993.jpg) > [I established strong connections between Rockwell and Israel Aircraft Industries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnon-milchan/i-established-strong-connections-between-rockwell-and-israel-aircraft/) [Arnon Milchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnon-milchan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/arnon-milchan-49807_aircraft_i-established-strong-connections-between_66370.jpg) > [Norman Rockwell - even though we think of him as a great American artist, in a lot of museums he has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mellody-hobson/norman-rockwell-even-though-we-think-of-him-as-a-great-american/) [Mellody Hobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mellody-hobson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/mellody-hobson-8989_american_norman-rockwell-even-though-we-think-of_1208380.jpg) > [And as a first time director I needed to work with someone that I felt comfortable with, and that I could get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-jones/and-as-a-first-time-director-i-needed-to-work-with-someone-that-i/) [Duncan Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/duncan-jones-12555_comfortable_and-as-a-first-time-director-i-needed-to_2583054.jpg) > [Norman Rockwell, the Brueghel of the 20th century bourgeoisie, the Holbein of Jell-O ads and magazine covers; by common assent, the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-adler/norman-rockwell-the-brueghel-of-the-20th-century-bourgeoisie-the/) [Jerry Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-adler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/jerry-adler-67546_20th-century_norman-rockwell-the-brueghel-of-the-20th_807348.jpg) > [Porter Rockwell was that most terrible instrument that can be handled by fanaticism; a powerful physical nature welded to a mind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-hugh-ludlow/porter-rockwell-was-that-most-terrible-instrument-that-can-be-handled/) [Fitz Hugh Ludlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-hugh-ludlow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/fitz-hugh-ludlow-57918_bourbon_porter-rockwell-was-that-most-terrible-i_2329501.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rockwell/#itemlist", "name": "Rockwell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sam Rockwell has a fantastic sense of rhythm", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Duncan Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-jones/sam-rockwell-has-a-fantastic-sense-of-rhythm/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/duncan-jones-12555_fantastic_sam-rockwell-has-a-fantastic-sense-of-rh_1768532.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/duncan-jones-12555_fantastic_sam-rockwell-has-a-fantastic-sense-of-rh_1768532.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/duncan-jones-12555_fantastic_sam-rockwell-has-a-fantastic-sense-of-rh_1768532.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sam Rockwell has a fantastic sense of rhythm” — Duncan Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Norman Rockwell saved my life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane Allen Petrick" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-allen-petrick/norman-rockwell-saved-my-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/jane-allen-petrick-75871_art-criticism_norman-rockwell-saved-my-life-320116_320116.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/jane-allen-petrick-75871_art-criticism_norman-rockwell-saved-my-life-320116_320116.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/jane-allen-petrick-75871_art-criticism_norman-rockwell-saved-my-life-320116_320116.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Norman Rockwell saved my life.” — Jane Allen Petrick", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I didn't grow up in a Norman Rockwell house... my house was more akin to Norman Lear.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael P. 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