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Jamie Wyeth quotes: My interest in painting is recording things. I think of myself as almost a documentary filmmaker ... I've gotten into some curious situations ...

My interest in painting is recording things. I think of myself as almost a documentary filmmaker ... I've gotten into some curious situations ...

Jamie Wyeth quotes: The things that I paint are things that I know very well.

The things that I paint are things that I know very well.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: As a child, I always wanted to live on a boat.

As a child, I always wanted to live on a boat.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: The danger, I find, is that you can become too formulaic, like some commissioned portrait painters who develop a methodology.

The danger, I find, is that you can become too formulaic, like some commissioned portrait painters who develop a methodology.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather's old house and even wore some of his clothes.

My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather's old house and even wore some of his clothes.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner's in each house. I read those books all the time.

I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner's in each house. I read those books all the time.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I'm an odd portrait painter in that I'm not just interested in human faces. I consider almost all of my paintings to be portraits.

I'm an odd portrait painter in that I'm not just interested in human faces. I consider almost all of my paintings to be portraits.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject.

Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: Painting is such an individual profession. I'm not performing. There's no audience.

Painting is such an individual profession. I'm not performing. There's no audience.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: Interesting is when one can produce a picture that is pretty, but with undercurrents. The metaphor that comes to mind is in the poems of Robert Frost.

Interesting is when one can produce a picture that is pretty, but with undercurrents. The metaphor that comes to mind is in the poems of Robert Frost.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: The great thing about a painter is that he or she lives on - I mean, Andrew Wyeth is more in his paintings than he was walking around.

The great thing about a painter is that he or she lives on - I mean, Andrew Wyeth is more in his paintings than he was walking around.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: Painting is as difficult as brain surgery. It's not that relaxing. But that's the discipline.

Painting is as difficult as brain surgery. It's not that relaxing. But that's the discipline.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: Animals are not cute. They are disturbing. Pigs do eat their young. Actually, I hate pigs. I just happen to have some who are friends of mine.

Animals are not cute. They are disturbing. Pigs do eat their young. Actually, I hate pigs. I just happen to have some who are friends of mine.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I have continued to paint; my father - who was savaged by the critics - continued to paint until practically the last week of his life.

I have continued to paint; my father - who was savaged by the critics - continued to paint until practically the last week of his life.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I have hundreds of art books and the biographies of artists I love, such as Thomas Eakins and Edgar Degas.

I have hundreds of art books and the biographies of artists I love, such as Thomas Eakins and Edgar Degas.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I'm a terrible technician, and I have a very hard time painting.

I'm a terrible technician, and I have a very hard time painting.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that's it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings.

To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that's it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease.

Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: There's a quality of life in Maine which is this singular and unique. I think. It's absolutely a world onto itself.

There's a quality of life in Maine which is this singular and unique. I think. It's absolutely a world onto itself.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I paint every day. I really have no hobbies. That's all I do.

I paint every day. I really have no hobbies. That's all I do.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I thought to live on an island was like living on a boat. Islands intrigue me. You can see the perimeters of your world. It's a microcosm.

I thought to live on an island was like living on a boat. Islands intrigue me. You can see the perimeters of your world. It's a microcosm.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: Warhol had a huge effect on me. It wasn't that I sought it out. It was more of a natural evolution.

Warhol had a huge effect on me. It wasn't that I sought it out. It was more of a natural evolution.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I view anything on this farm as model. I actually painted Union Rags as a yearling.

I view anything on this farm as model. I actually painted Union Rags as a yearling.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I learned from a longtime farmer that pigs enjoy soothing music.

I learned from a longtime farmer that pigs enjoy soothing music.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving.

To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I just can't whip off a likeness of somebody.

I just can't whip off a likeness of somebody.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I'm not just interested in fascinating faces or trees. I want to bore in deeper.

I'm not just interested in fascinating faces or trees. I want to bore in deeper.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: Dance looks absurd on film, I think, like little puppets moving around.

Dance looks absurd on film, I think, like little puppets moving around.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: Being a painter is the only profession where you have to stand there with all your shortcomings on the wall.

Being a painter is the only profession where you have to stand there with all your shortcomings on the wall.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: I mostly paint animals I'm familiar with, but I did a series of paintings of ravens, so I read everything about them.

I mostly paint animals I'm familiar with, but I did a series of paintings of ravens, so I read everything about them.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: My father's work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather's is robust, bursting off the walls.

My father's work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather's is robust, bursting off the walls.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: The real kiss of death - particularly with my father - is the extraordinary popularity of his work.

The real kiss of death - particularly with my father - is the extraordinary popularity of his work.

Jamie Wyeth quotes: Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father.

Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father.