“I unconsciously decided that, even if it wasn't an ideal world, it should be so and painted only the ideal aspects of it - pictures in which there are no drunken slatterns or self-centered mothers . . . only foxy grandpas who played baseball with kids and boys who fished from logs and got up circuses in the back yard.” ArtKidsBoysFishingIdealismCircusGrandpaIdeal WorldBack Yard Author:Norman Rockwell
“I unconsciously decided that, even if it wasn't an ideal world, it should be. So I painted only the ideal aspects of it - pictures in which there are no drunken slatterns or self-centered mothers... only foxy grandpas who played baseball with the kids and boys who fished from logs and got up circuses in the backyard.” IfsWorldShouldSelfKidsMotherBoysAspectIdealsDecidedBaseballIdealismCircusSelf CenteredBackyardsGrandpaIdeal World Author:Norman Rockwell
“I'm still about as pigeon-toed as you can get. But I learned to manage pretty well on a bike. Should have had a bicycle then, when I was a kid, but our family didn't have the money for such luxuries. I saved up to buy one myself a few years later.” ShouldYearsWellsStillsKidsShould HaveSavedManageLuxuryOur FamilyBikeBicyclePigeons Author:Norman Rockwell
