Author: Jamie Wyeth

Quotes

I had been elected to the National Academy of Design in New York, and one of the requirements was that you give a portrait, a self-portrait of yourself.

I had been elected to the National Academy of Design in New York, and one of the requirements was that you give a portrait, a self-portrait of yourself.

- Jamie Wyeth

My father was a great inspiration, and there was a bit of competition between us. He'd work in his studio, and I'd work in my space, but the door was always half open.

My father was a great inspiration, and there was a bit of competition between us. He'd work in his studio, and I'd work in my space, but the door was always half open.

- Jamie Wyeth

I have continued to paint; my father - who was savaged by the critics - continued to paint until practically the last week of his life.

I have continued to paint; my father - who was savaged by the critics - continued to paint until practically the last week of his life.

- Jamie Wyeth

The great thing about a painter is that he or she lives on - I mean, Andrew Wyeth is more in his paintings than he was walking around.

The great thing about a painter is that he or she lives on - I mean, Andrew Wyeth is more in his paintings than he was walking around.

- Jamie Wyeth

The real kiss of death - particularly with my father - is the extraordinary popularity of his work.

The real kiss of death - particularly with my father - is the extraordinary popularity of his work.

- Jamie Wyeth

I learned from a longtime farmer that pigs enjoy soothing music.

I learned from a longtime farmer that pigs enjoy soothing music.

- Jamie Wyeth

Growing up in Chadds Ford, Pa., I shuttled between studio space in my parents' house and my grandfather's studio just up the hill. It was a solitary childhood, but I loved it.

Growing up in Chadds Ford, Pa., I shuttled between studio space in my parents' house and my grandfather's studio just up the hill. It was a solitary childhood, but I loved it.

- Jamie Wyeth

There's a quality of life in Maine which is this singular and unique. I think. It's absolutely a world onto itself.

There's a quality of life in Maine which is this singular and unique. I think. It's absolutely a world onto itself.

- Jamie Wyeth

I spent a lot of time alone; I left school to be tutored. So, most of my companions were animals. It's as simple as that. I knew more animals than I did people.

I spent a lot of time alone; I left school to be tutored. So, most of my companions were animals. It's as simple as that. I knew more animals than I did people.

- Jamie Wyeth

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