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Norman Rockwell quotes: 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.

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.

Norman Rockwell quotes: Travel is like a tonic to me. It's more than just getting away from the studio for a brief rest. I need it to recharge my batteries.

Travel is like a tonic to me. It's more than just getting away from the studio for a brief rest. I need it to recharge my batteries.

Norman Rockwell quotes: I work from fatigue to fatigue at my age there's only so much daylight left.

I work from fatigue to fatigue at my age there's only so much daylight left.

Norman Rockwell quotes: It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president.

It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president.

Norman Rockwell quotes: The View of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and the ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.

The View of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and the ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.

Norman Rockwell quotes: I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to.

I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to.

Norman Rockwell quotes: The story is the first thing and the last thing,

The story is the first thing and the last thing,

Norman Rockwell quotes: I keep the pornographic stuff in a bus station locker.

I keep the pornographic stuff in a bus station locker.

Norman Rockwell quotes: How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or a visionary?

How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or a visionary?

Norman Rockwell quotes: 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.

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.

Norman Rockwell quotes: Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.

Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.

Norman Rockwell quotes: A face in the picture would bother me, so I'd rub it out with the turpentine and do it over.

A face in the picture would bother me, so I'd rub it out with the turpentine and do it over.

Norman Rockwell quotes: Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.

Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.

Norman Rockwell quotes: If the public dislikes one of my Post covers, I can't help disliking it myself.

If the public dislikes one of my Post covers, I can't help disliking it myself.

Norman Rockwell quotes: No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!

No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!

Norman Rockwell quotes: 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.

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.

Norman Rockwell quotes: I just wanted to do something important.

I just wanted to do something important.

Norman Rockwell quotes: If there was sadness in this creative world of mine, it was a pleasant sadness. If there were problems, they were humorous problems.

If there was sadness in this creative world of mine, it was a pleasant sadness. If there were problems, they were humorous problems.

Norman Rockwell quotes: I'm tired, but proud.

I'm tired, but proud.

Norman Rockwell quotes: I'm the oldest antique in town.

I'm the oldest antique in town.

Norman Rockwell quotes: 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.

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.

Norman Rockwell quotes: I paint life as I would like it to be,

I paint life as I would like it to be,

Norman Rockwell quotes: I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!

I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!

Norman Rockwell quotes: You must first spend some time getting your model to relax. Then you'll get a natural expression.

You must first spend some time getting your model to relax. Then you'll get a natural expression.

Norman Rockwell quotes: Here in New England, the character is strong and unshakable.

Here in New England, the character is strong and unshakable.