If a picture wasn't going very well, I'd put a puppy in it.

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

I learned to draw everything except glamorous women. No matter how much I tried to make them look sexy, they always ended up looking silly... or like somebody's mother.

I know of no painless process for giving birth to a picture idea. When I must produce, I retire to a quiet room with a supply of cheap paper and sharp pencils; my brain knows it's going to take a beating.

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

Travel is like a tonic to me. It's more than just getting away from the studio for a brief rest. I need it to recharge my batteries.

I'm tired, but proud.