I had a couple of million dollars' worth of... stock once. And now it's not worth much more than wallpaper. I guess I just wasn't born to be rich.

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 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.

I just wanted to do something important.

I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to.

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

It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president.