I keep the pornographic stuff in a bus station locker.

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

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

The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.

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.

I'm still about as pigeon-toed as you can get. But I learned to manage pretty well on a bike. Should have had a bicycle then, when I was a kid, but our family didn't have the money for such luxuries. I saved up to buy one myself a few years later.

I just wanted to do something important.