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Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed. My fundamental purpose is to interpret the typical American. I am a story teller.

— Norman Rockwell Fodor's New England (2008)

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I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to.

A Rockwell Portrait : An Intimate Biography‎ (1978)

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.

A Rockwell Portrait : An Intimate Biography‎ (1978)

Santa and Expense Book appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post published December 4, 1920.

Commonplaces never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to become curious and appreciative.

Gramps at the Plate was the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, published 5-Aug-1916.

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