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

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A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone's scared to take a chance. There's money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.

Norman Rockwell

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

Artist, Life, Long, Quite, Thinking

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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.

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Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed. My fundamental purpose is to interpret the typical American. I am a story teller.

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I paint life as I would like it to be.

Life, Like, Paint

Commonplaces never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to be curious and appreciative.

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If a picture wasn't going very well I'd put a puppy dog in it, always a mongrel, you know, never one of the full bred puppies. And then I'd put a bandage on its foot. . . I liked it when I did it, but now I'm sick of it.

Dog, Feet, Foot, Mongrel, Sick

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