- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Father Quotes
On fathers, faith, and what gets passed down.
This collection includes a personal account of learning Catholic prayer practice during a conversion, and a decision two parents made together about which faith tradition their child would follow. For devotional reading, see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began drawing when I was nearly 3, and after finishing the sixth grade, I left school to paint and was tutored at home. My father didn't think a formal education was necessary for a painter.
- Kiss
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real kiss of death - particularly with my father - is the extraordinary popularity of his work.
- Paint
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have continued to paint; my father - who was savaged by the critics - continued to paint until practically the last week of his life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
We lived in my father's studio, so there were the brushes and the pencils and the paint. So it would - it was very natural for me to want to paint, I think, and it was never a question.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father's like - it's as if he was transparent. He's a man of great mystery, whereas apparently N.C. Wyeth was 6-feet, 2-inches tall, with a booming voice. I think that's reflected in their work.
- Mysterious
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father's work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather's is robust, bursting off the walls.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
From my earliest memories, my aunt was squirting out oil paint. I could just eat it. I would go from her studio and walk down to my father's house, and there he was, working in egg tempera.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father became the technical advisor for 'The Desert Fox,' with James Mason as Rommel. They wanted an Aussie who had been in North Africa with the English, and found my father on the Pasadena police force.
- Nov 07, 2020
My father was Australian.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know some people whose father has basically spent their whole inheritance on scammers. He's old; he wants to feel important, like he's doing business, so he goes to his bank and pays out - it's terrifying.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020