Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.

How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or a visionary?

If a picture wasn't going very well I'd put a puppy dog in it, always a mongrel, you know, never one of the full bred puppies. And then I'd put a bandage on its foot... I liked it when I did it, but now I'm sick of it.

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.

The Balopticon [a machine that projects photos on canvas to trace the lines] is an evil, inartistic, habit-forming, lazy and vicious machine! It also is a useful, time-saving, practical and helpful one. I use one often-and am thoroughly ashamed of it. I hide it whenever I hear people coming.

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.