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.

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.

The story is the first thing and the last thing.

I work from fatigue to fatigue at my age there's only so much daylight left.

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

I just wanted to do something important.

When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across the sea toward Europe. And all of us who turn our eyes away from what we have are missing life.