I get letters from people about my work. The thing that pleases me most is that my work touches their feelings. In fact, they don't talk about the paintings. They end up telling me the story of their life or how their father died. Andrew Wyeth More Quotes by Andrew Wyeth More Quotes From Andrew Wyeth My aim is to escape from the medium with which I work. Andrew Wyeth mediums aim My pencil is like a fencer's foil. Andrew Wyeth foils pencils deception And, of course, I began drawing so much - wild, undisciplined pencil drawings and watercolors of knights battling and such. Andrew Wyeth undisciplined drawing knights To have all your life's work and to have them along the wall, it's like walking in with no clothes on. It's terrible. Andrew Wyeth walking-away wall life God, I've frozen my ass off painting snow scenes! Andrew Wyeth frozen painting snow I am not a juicy painter. Andrew Wyeth juicy painter I surrender to the world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare. Andrew Wyeth imagination father world Well, being the youngest child and frail, I was left alone a great deal of the time. Andrew Wyeth frail loneliness children I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare. Andrew Wyeth me imagination father history I'm a secretive bastard. I would never let anybody watch me painting... it would be like somebody watching you have sex - painting is that personal to me. Andrew Wyeth me you painting sex
