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

— Norman Rockwell

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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

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

— Norman Rockwell

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

— Norman Rockwell

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

— Norman Rockwell

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Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

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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

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

— Norman Rockwell

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But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want. ↗

— Anita Roddick

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If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just. ↗

— Anita Roddick

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