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Norman Rockwell

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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


#art #characters #days #everyone #expected

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.


— Norman Rockwell


#ahead #always #artists #back #every

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


— Norman Rockwell


#face #i #me #out #over

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


— Norman Rockwell


#england #here #new #new england #strong

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.


— Norman Rockwell


#cooper #expect #famous #gary #gary cooper

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


#born to be #couple #dollars #guess #had

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.


— Norman Rockwell


#draw #ended #everything #except #glamorous

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


— Norman Rockwell


#i #like #never #paint #pictures

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


— Norman Rockwell


#around #birthdays #caught #celebration #fool

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.


— Norman Rockwell


#back #course #critics #get #i






About Norman Rockwell

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Did you know about Norman Rockwell?

Rockwell's work was dismissed by serious art critics in his lifetime. He spent the next ten years painting for Look magazine where his work depicted his interests in civil rights poverty and space exploration. [citation needed]

Rockwell's family moved to New Rochelle New York when Norman was 21 years old and shared a studio with the cartoonist Clyde Forsythe who worked for The Saturday Evening Post.

Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine for more than four decades. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture.

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