Love is the stepping stone to new beginnings.

Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.

I share something in common with Norman Rockwell and, for that matter, with Walt Disney, in that I really like to make people happy.

I was always the kid who could draw. I had this talent, and it was the one thing that gave me some kind of dignity in the midst of my personal environment.

I remember my mom had a big collection of copies of Saturday Evening Post magazines, and that was really my introduction to those great illustrators.

I'm working on a snow scene right now, and it's summer. It's hot, and I will get chilly. I'll have to turn on the heat. My wife walks in, and it's 95 degrees in the studio. I know it's nutty, but it's a projection you have where you step into the painting.

The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.