“ 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 something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back. ”
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“ 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 born to be rich. ”
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“ 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! ”
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“ 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, when I was a kid, but our family didn't have the money for such luxuries. I saved up to buy one myself a few years later. ”
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“ We got a good look at the Himalayas, which they tell me are about 28,000 feet high. I expected to be very impressed, but really, they didn't look any more picturesque to me than the Berkshires or the Green Mountains. Certainly not as pleasant-looking as the wooded mountains we have in New England… ”
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“ No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them! ”
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“ The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it. ”
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“ It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president. ”
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“ I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much… that I had a hard time painting him. ”
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“ If you look at that picture for the 1964 election, you'll see I showed three different poses of Johnson-two of them smiling, but one of them grim, just like when we walked in that room. Lord, but those eyes of his could be cold. ”
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“ I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays! ”
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“ No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them! ”
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“ The mouth is always wrong on a portrait, you know. But in India, they all commented mostly on just one thnig, their color. I had no idea that skin color was so important there. But everyone I painted in that country thought I made them look too dark. ”
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“ I got a phone call from a Twentieth Century-Fox producer… asking me to go to Hollywood to paint pictures of the stars… the commisssion was to paint portraits of nine stars-Ann-Margret, Bing Crosby, Robert Cummigs, Van Heflin, Mike Connors, Alex Cord, Slim Pickens, Stefanie Powers, and Red Buttons… painting six of them is a lot of work… ”
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“ I sure did enjoy square-dancing. That was great fun. Great exercise, too. harde than chopping wood. You get a good caller and he'll run the legs off you. ”
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“ I got a phone call from a Twentieth Century-Fox producer… asking me to go to Hollywood to paint pictures of the stars… the commisssion was to paint portraits of nine stars-Ann-Margret, Bing Crosby, Robert Cummigs, Van Heflin, Mike Connors, Alex Cord, Slim Pickens, Stefanie Powers, and Red Buttons… painting six of them is a lot of work… ”
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“ I sure did enjoy square-dancing. That was great fun. Great exercise, too. harde than chopping wood. You get a good caller and he'll run the legs off you. ”
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“ When I came home on leave, I thought I would surely have changed into a dashing figure… just because I was dressed for the part. But my friends laughed when they saw me in my navy uniform. I guess I must have been a sight, but I didn't realize I looked that silly… ”
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“ The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it. ”
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“ 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 born to be rich. ”
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“ I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much… that I had a hard time painting him. ”
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“ When I came home on leave, I thought I would surely have changed into a dashing figure… just because I was dressed for the part. But my friends laughed when they saw me in my navy uniform. I guess I must have been a sight, but I didn't realize I looked that silly… ”
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“ It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president. ”
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“ I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject's personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him. ”
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“ I sure did enjoy square-dancing. That was great fun. Great exercise, too. harde than chopping wood. You get a good caller and he'll run the legs off you. ”
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“ The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it. ”
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“ 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 we have are missing life. ”
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“ 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 born to be rich. ”
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