I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I… — Paul Smith Art Copy Share Image
I've always been a keen cyclist, I'm very close to the world of cycling. Not just cycling really - also walking, adventures,… — Paul Smith Adventure Copy Share Image
I learned from books that I picked up. That was something that just came out of nowhere but continued to be an… — Paul Smith Art Copy Share Image
At the end of the elementary program, I then had to move onto high school. Simultaneously, my parents moved to Attica to… — Paul Smith Areas Copy Share Image
You can find inspiration in everything. If you can't, then you're not looking properly. — Paul Smith Fashion Copy Share Image
I think I was really naïve. I had no context to think about what I wanted to do. Each step was a… — Paul Smith Exploration Copy Share Image
One association with the arts that I vividly remember was a magazine called Normal Instructor, a teachers' magazine, that Miss George would… — Paul Smith Art Copy Share Image
The class situation [at Art Institute on Elmwood Avenue] was such that one would be very much on their own to paint… — Paul Smith Art Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I had cousins who lived in Buffalo and would often go to visit them, which I loved to do because I… — Paul Smith Big cities Copy Share Image
I was painting furniture, learning to stencil, and explore all kinds of traditional techniques of decoration. I learned from books that I… — Paul Smith All kinds Copy Share Image
At one point I had dreams of being in the school band, but I didn't play an instrument that qualified me, and… — Paul Smith Band Copy Share Image
My parents never prevented me from doing anything, but they didn't have the knowledge of the arts that Mrs. Ranger had. — Paul Smith Art Copy Share Image
Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was… — Paul Smith Born Copy Share Image
In a social studies class I did a paper on the history of Attica, which ended up being a little book that… — Paul Smith Book Copy Share Image
At school there were some programs in music. I did take piano lessons, and we had a piano at home. I got… — Paul Smith Home Copy Share Image
I was always kind of naïve, and really needed to be given some direction. — Paul Smith Given Copy Share Image
I developed friends in the community that were in walking distance or a bicycle ride away, so that I socialized and did… — Paul Smith Bicycle Copy Share Image
The Japanese are hard to understand, but once you do the world is your oyster. — Paul Smith Hard Copy Share Image
We've got a nation of people who have one eye looking out for the next speed camera, another looking for a speed… — Paul Smith Bits Copy Share Image
Charles Burchfield was exceptional. As such an accomplished artist, he had limited previous association with academia and teaching. — Paul Smith Academia Copy Share Image
There was a certain amount of discipline, I think; my parents wanted to be sure that I was not just sitting around… — Paul Smith Amount Copy Share Image
At home, the radio was a big source and the classic radio programs we would listen to like Amos and Andy and… — Paul Smith Bigs Copy Share Image
Jack Sturtzer, one of my cousins, had gone to art school and suggested that I might be interested in a private school… — Paul Smith Art Copy Share Image
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