I Just Wanted To Do Something Important.

The Story Is The First Thing And The Last Thing.

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.

Some Folks Think I Painted Lincoln From Life, But I Haven't Been Around That Long. Not Quite.

It Wouldn't Be Right For Me To Clown Around When I'm Painting A President.

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!