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"The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery."
"With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again."
"One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it."
"If you scratch a great photograph, you find two things; a painting and a photograph."
"One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters."
"In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting."
"Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality."
Explore more quotes by Norman Rockwell
"You must first spend some time getting your model to relax. Then you'll get a natural expression."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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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