And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers.

When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights.

And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers.

It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things.

Many of the younger generation know my name in a vague way and connect it with grotesque inventions, but don't believe that I ever existed as a person. They think I'm a nonperson, just a name that signifies a tangled web of pipes or wires or strings that suggest machinery. My name to them is like a spiral staircase, veal cutlets, barber's itch — terms that give you an immediate picture of what they mean.

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

I didn't have any real art training, but when I was about twelve nad thirteen, another boy and I went to a sign painter's house every Friday night and took lessons.