I'm The Oldest Antique In Town.

The View Of Life I Communicate In My Pictures Excludes The Sordid And Ugly. I Paint Life As I Would Like It To Be.

How Will I Be Remembered? As A Technician Or Artist? As A Humorist Or A Visionary?

I Talk As I Sketch, Too, In Order To Keep Their Minds Off What I'm Doing So I'll Get The Most Natural Expression I Can From Them. Also, The Talking Helps To Size Up The Subject's Personality, So I Can Figure Out Better How To Portray Him.

I Just Wanted To Do Something Important.

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.