Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.
I work from fatigue to fatigue at my age there's only so much daylight left.
I'm the oldest antique in town.
The story is the first thing and the last thing.
The remarks about my reaching the age of Social Security and coming to the end of the road, they jolted me. And that was good. Because I sure as hell had no intention of just sitting around for the rest of my life. So I'd whip out the paints and really go to it.
The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it.