I think it was interesting that when you're in those formative years you respond to things that interest you and don't always know where they lead. B….

Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was not the best of times, and yet I don't recall….

My parents never prevented me from doing anything, but they didn't have the knowledge of the arts that Mrs. Ranger had..

I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I really excelled in the arts. So that recogni….

One association with the arts that I vividly remember was a magazine called Normal Instructor, a teachers' magazine, that Miss George would hold up w….

Fashion is about today and tomorrow. Nobody cares how good you used to be.

Upon graduation, in the yearbook I was voted "Most likely to succeed." which I know was credited to my artistic achievements..

When knowledge is scant or conflicting, folklore takes over..

Don't dress for fashion, dress for yourself.

Jack Sturtzer, one of my cousins, had gone to art school and suggested that I might be interested in a private school called the Art Institute of Buf….

I got the letter about becoming a Sir in 2000, the same year that Pauline asked me if we could finally get married. My assistant, Colette, called up ….

I developed friends in the community that were in walking distance or a bicycle ride away, so that I socialized and did a lot of things that children….

The first important [step] one was going to school. There was an advantage as there was a one-room schoolhouse that was within walking distance of my….

You can find inspiration in everything. If you can't, then you're not looking properly..

I was always making things. I made model airplanes and did a number of hands-on activities. I liked creating in some form or another, not realizing w….

I learned from books that I picked up. That was something that just came out of nowhere but continued to be an attraction. So there was a continuum o….

Charles Burchfield was exceptional. As such an accomplished artist, he had limited previous association with academia and teaching..

There was a certain amount of discipline, I think; my parents wanted to be sure that I was not just sitting around doing nothing..

At school there were some programs in music. I did take piano lessons, and we had a piano at home. I got very interested in that..

Many people look but they do not see..

I was always kind of naïve, and really needed to be given some direction..