Quotes by Paul Smith

Paul Smith

At home, the radio was a big source and the classic radio programs we would listen to like Amos and Andy and whatever other ones there were.

Classic

Home

Radio

At one point I had dreams of being in the school band, but I didn’t play an instrument that qualified me, and that was a problem. I always had fantasies to be part of that, but I did take my piano lessons quite seriously.

Dream

Play

School

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.

Home

Piano

School

At the end of the elementary program, I then had to move onto high school. Simultaneously, my parents moved to Attica to a suburban area not far from the well-known Attica State Prison. Then I would take the school bus which was a very short distance away, where I was involved with a much larger community.

Distance

Moving

School

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 ever having experiences that were a burden.

War

World

Youth

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

Academia

Artist

Teaching

Charles Burchfield would look at what you were working on and not say anything for several minutes. Then he would very sensitively respond – “Well, have you thought about?” or “Might you consider?” I respected that so much because I thought he was so sensitive to my work, and didn’t want to offend me, but in the right way to encourage me.

Looks

Say Anything

Want

Christianity began in Palestine as an experience, it moved to Greece and became a philosophy, it moved to Italy and became an institution, it moved to Europe and became a culture, and it moved to America and became a business! We’ve left the experience long behind.

America

Europe

Philosophy

Don’t dress for fashion, dress for yourself

Dresses

Fashion

Even today, the bigger the city, the better. That’s why I live in New York.

Cities

New York

Today

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Academia

Achievement

Adventure

Afraid Of Change

Age

Airplane

America

Animal

Army

Art

Artist

Association

Awards

Basements

Being Real

Best Teacher

Book

Buffalo

Busy

Care

Careers

Childlike

Children

Cities

Class

Classic

Clever

Country

Couple

Cousin

Creating

Curious

Cycling

Daily Activities

Degrees

Discipline

Distance

Done

Doors

Drawing

Dream

Dresses

Europe

Eye

Fall

Fashion

Father

Folklore

Four

Furniture

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Quotes by Paul Smith

Paul Smith

At home, the radio was a big source and the classic radio programs we would listen to like Amos and Andy and whatever other ones there were.

At one point I had dreams of being in the school band, but I didn’t play an instrument that qualified me, and that was a problem. I always had fantasies to be part of that, but I did take my piano lessons quite seriously.

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.

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 ever having experiences that were a burden.

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

Christianity began in Palestine as an experience, it moved to Greece and became a philosophy, it moved to Italy and became an institution, it moved to Europe and became a culture, and it moved to America and became a business! We’ve left the experience long behind.

Don’t dress for fashion, dress for yourself

Even today, the bigger the city, the better. That’s why I live in New York.

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