Norman Rockwell Quotes

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• Commonplaces never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to be curious and appreciative.
• The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to…
• I'm tired, but proud.
• If a picture wasn't going very well I'd put a puppy dog in it, always a mongrel, you know, never one of the full bred…
• I just wanted to do something important.
• I paint life as I would like it to be,
• Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.
• If a picture wasn't going very well, I'd put a puppy in it.
• No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!
• The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.
• 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…
• I'm still about as pigeon-toed as you can get. But I learned to manage pretty well on a bike. Should have had a bicycle then,…
• I learned to draw everything except glamorous women. No matter how much I tried to make them look sexy, they always ended up looking silly...…
• I'm the oldest antique in town.
• 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 wasn't…
• Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed.…
• The remarks about my reaching the age of Social Security and coming to the end of the road, they jolted me. And that was good.…
• Travel is like a tonic to me. It's more than just getting away from the studio for a brief rest. I need it to recharge…
• I can take a lot of pats on the back. I love it when I get admiring letters from people. And, of course, I'd love…
• How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or a visionary?

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