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.

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.

I paint life as I would like it to be.

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

I just wanted to do something important.

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

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

If a picture wasn't going very well, I'd put a puppy in it.

The story is the first thing and the last thing.

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

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.

Inventions have long-since reached their limit--and I see no hope for further developments." -- Julius Frontinus, world-famous engineer (Rome, 10 AD)

I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.

What they should really do, if they want supreme power, is develop the tonal to perfection.

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!

As a corporation, you cannot let the desire for unanimity override your obligation for fairness.

I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.

Genuine laughter is true eloquence and more effective than speech

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'

When I was going into acting, my mom said, "You can't let that faze you. And if it does faze you, if you start getting upset if people say no, that's it - pull the plug."