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Arnold Friberg was a renowned illustrator, known for his exquisite illustrations that held a significant place in American culture during the mid-20th century, particularly for his illustrations of biblical stories.

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Author:Arnold Friberg

“It was a startling task to undertake, for the Book of Mormon had never been illustrated before, at least on any professional level. There were no precedents.”

Book Levels Tasks Difficulty Precedent

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“The muscularity in my paintings is only an expression of the spirit within. When I paint Nephi, I'm painting the interior, the greatness, the largeness of spirit. Who knows what he looked like? I'm painting a man who looks like he could actually do what Nephi did.”

Knows Men Looks Spirit Greatness Painting Expression Paint Interiors

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“I am doing what I want to do - painting pictures people want and understand. I have no burning ambition to create the kind of 'art' which the confused critics praise for its 'plastic significance,' 'fluid lines,' and 'inner awareness,' or 'must be understood on three levels.”

People Want Kind Art Three Lines Levels Awareness Painting Ambition Understood Praise Critics Burning Confused Significance Plastic Fluid Modernism Painting A Picture

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“I have plenty of enemies... among artists who resent my earning a living. They think I should go off and starve while painting something 'significant.”

Thinking Should Artist Money Enemy Painting Significant Plenty Earning Resent Earning A Living

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“What I do I am driven to do. I follow the dictates of a looming and unseen force. I try to become like a musical instrument, intruding no sound of its own but bringing forth such tones as are played upon it by a master's hand.”

Trying Hands Force Sound Painting Masters Instruments Musical Driven Tone Unseen Musical Instruments Looming Unseen Forces

Author:Arnold Friberg

“All you leave the world is what you've done. No one will ever know the conditions, the comments, the pressures. Only the work remains.”

Knows World Done Conditions Pressure Remains Comment

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About the Author

Born: December 21, 1913
Died: July 1, 2010
Known for: Illustrator
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