Here in New England, the character is strong and unshakable.

The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.

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

Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor's. 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.

I'm the oldest antique in town.

The story is the first thing and the last thing.

If there was sadness in this creative world of mine, it was a pleasant sadness. If there were problems, they were humorous problems.