“The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure.”
As quoted in A Rockwell Portrait : An Intimate Biography (1978) by Donald Walton, p. 251
Context: 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.
Somebody once said that I paint the kind of girls your mother would want you to marry.
Norman Rockwell, My Adventures As An Illustrator : An Autobiography (1979), p 24
“I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to.”
As quoted in A Rockwell Portrait : An Intimate Biography (1978) by Donald Walton, p. 61
As quoted in A Rockwell Portrait : An Intimate Biography (1978) by Donald Walton, p. 198