Norman Rockwell quotes - page 2

Norman Rockwell was an American painter and illustrator, widely recognized for his depictions of everyday life. His warm, detailed art often appeared on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post and became iconic representations of American culture. He is remembered for capturing the spirit and values of mid-20th-century America. Here are 33 of his quotes:

The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure.

Norman Rockwell

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

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

Norman Rockwell

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.

Norman Rockwell

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

I'm still about as pigeon-toed as you can get. But I learned to manage pretty well on a bike. Should have had a bicycle then, when I was a kid, but our family didn't have the money for such luxuries. I saved up to buy one myself a few years later.

Norman Rockwell

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. (Somebody once said that I paint the kind of girls your mother would want you to marry.)

Norman Rockwell