Top 30 Norman Rockwell Quotes (2024 Update)

Norman Rockwell Quote: “I’m tired, but proud.”

1. “I’m tired, but proud.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I’ve always called myself an illustrator. I’m not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life.”

2. “Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I’ve always called myself an illustrator. I’m not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “Here in New England, the character is strong and unshakable.”

3. “Here in New England, the character is strong and unshakable.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “I just wanted to do something important.”

4. “I just wanted to do something important.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.”

5. “The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “If the public dislikes one of my Post covers, I can’t help disliking it myself.”

6. “If the public dislikes one of my Post covers, I can’t help disliking it myself.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “If there was sadness in this creative world of mine, it was a pleasant sadness. If there were problems, they were humorous problems.”

7. “If there was sadness in this creative world of mine, it was a pleasant sadness. If there were problems, they were humorous problems.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “If a picture wasn’t going very well, I’d put a puppy in it.”

8. “If a picture wasn’t going very well, I’d put a puppy in it.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “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.”

9. “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.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I’m doing so I’ll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject’s personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him.”

10. “I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I’m doing so I’ll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject’s personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “Travel is like a tonic to me. It’s more than just getting away from the studio for a brief rest. I need it to recharge my batteries.”

11. “Travel is like a tonic to me. It’s more than just getting away from the studio for a brief rest. I need it to recharge my batteries.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “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.”

12. “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

Norman Rockwell Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.”

14. “Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “I keep the pornographic stuff in a bus station locker.”

15. “I keep the pornographic stuff in a bus station locker.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “Commonplaces never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to be curious and appreciative.”

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

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor’s. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out.”

17. “Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor’s. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “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!”

18. “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!”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or a visionary?”

19. “How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or a visionary?”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “The ’20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we’re in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it.”

20. “The ’20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we’re in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “I can take a lot of pats on the back. I love it when I get admiring letters from people. And, of course, I’d love it if the critics would notice me, too.”

21. “I can take a lot of pats on the back. I love it when I get admiring letters from people. And, of course, I’d love it if the critics would notice me, too.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “I’m not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!”

22. “I’m not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “I’m the oldest antique in town.”

23. “I’m the oldest antique in town.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “I’ll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I’d like to.”

24. “I’ll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I’d like to.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “I work from fatigue to fatigue at my age there’s only so much daylight left.”

25. “I work from fatigue to fatigue at my age there’s only so much daylight left.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across the sea toward Europe. And all of us who turn our eyes away from what we have are missing life.”

26. “When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across the sea toward Europe. And all of us who turn our eyes away from what we have are missing life.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “It wouldn’t be right for me to clown around when I’m painting a president.”

27. “It wouldn’t be right for me to clown around when I’m painting a president.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “The remarks about my reaching the age of Social Security and coming to the end of the road, they jolted me. And that was good. Because I sure as hell had no intention of just sitting around for the rest of my life. So I’d whip out the paints and really go to it.”

28. “The remarks about my reaching the age of Social Security and coming to the end of the road, they jolted me. And that was good. Because I sure as hell had no intention of just sitting around for the rest of my life. So I’d whip out the paints and really go to it.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “You must first spend some time getting your model to relax. Then you’ll get a natural expression.”

29. “You must first spend some time getting your model to relax. Then you’ll get a natural expression.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “I know of no painless process for giving birth to a picture idea. When I must produce, I retire to a quiet room with a supply of cheap paper and sharp pencils; my brain knows it’s going to take a beating.”

30. “I know of no painless process for giving birth to a picture idea. When I must produce, I retire to a quiet room with a supply of cheap paper and sharp pencils; my brain knows it’s going to take a beating.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “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.”

31. “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.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven’t been around that long. Not quite.”

32. “Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven’t been around that long. Not quite.”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He’s got to put all his talent and feeling into them!”

33. “No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He’s got to put all his talent and feeling into them!”

— Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Quote: “Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters. We didn’t know how to be, but we sure were anxious to learn.”

34. “Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters. We didn’t know how to be, but we sure were anxious to learn.”

— Norman Rockwell

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