- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.
- Far Away
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a pretty rough neighborhood where I grew up The really tough places were over around Third Avenue where it ran into the Harlem River, but we weren't far away.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters. We didn't know how to be, but we sure were anxious to learn.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
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... or like somebody's mother.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things aren't much wilder now, I don't think, than they were back then. Of course I just read about all the goings-on now. Ha.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
My best efforts were some modern things that looked like very lousy Matisses. Thank God I had the sense to realize they were lousy, and leave Paris.
- Farms
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A face in the picture would bother me, so I'd rub it out with the turpentine and do it over.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor's. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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. Because I sure as hell had no intention of just sitting around for the rest of my life. So I'd whip out the paints and really go to it.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 it if the critics would notice me, too.
- Relax
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- Nov 07, 2020