I Just Wanted To Do

I Used To Sit In The Studio With A Copy Of The (saturday Evening) Post Laid Across My Knees ... And Then I'd Conjure Up A Picture Of Myself As A Famous Illustrator And Gloat Over It, Putting Myself In Various Happy Situations, Surrounded By Admiring Females, Deferred To By Office Flunkies At The Magazines, Wined And Dined By The Editor.

Very Interesting For An Old Duffer Like Me To Try His Hand At Something New. If I Don't Do That Once In A While, I Might Just Turn Into A Fossil, You Know!

My Best Efforts Were Some Modern Things That Looked Like Very Lousy Matisses. Thank God I Had The Sense To Realize They Were Lousy, And Leave Paris.

Right From The Beginning, I Always Strived To Capture Everything I Saw As Completely As Possible.

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.