Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in a while, I might just turn into a fossil, you know! — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across the sea toward Europe. And all of us who turn our eyes away from what… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
I unconsciously decided that, even if it wasn't an ideal world, it should be. So I painted only the ideal aspects of it -… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
“Commonplaces never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to be curious and appreciative. We find that it is not… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to. — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
You must first spend some time getting your model to relax. Then you'll get a natural expression. — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
A face in the picture would bother me, so I'd rub it out with the turpentine and do it over. — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
I had a couple of million dollars' worth of... stock once. And now it's not worth much more than wallpaper. I guess I just… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
“I unconsciously decided that, even if it wasn't an ideal world, it should be so and painted only the ideal aspects of it -… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president. — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
