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"The View of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and the ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be. (Somebody once said that I paint the kind of girls your mother would want you to marry.)"
Norman RockwellWithout thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showing th — Norman Rockwell
"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."
Norman Rockwell
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Norman Percevel Rockwell was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Ri
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"Gary LaCoste had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actors. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out."
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"Ill never have enough time to paint all the pictures Id like to."
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"The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, theyre always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back."
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