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 continuecriticfather Change image and share on social
My sketchbooks are usually just a line on one page or a circle, which to most people must be totally meaningless. But to me, they are very important to the thing I am working on. Jamie Wyeth circleimportantline Change image and share on social
My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather's old house and even wore some of his clothes. Jamie Wyeth auntcarolinecharacter Change image and share on social
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 academydesignelect Change image and share on social
Art was a way of life in my family. My grandfather, N.C. Wyeth, who died a year before I was born, had been a prominent painter. So was my father, Andrew. My two aunts and two of my uncles also earned a living as painters. Jamie Wyeth andrewartaunt share on social
The whole consideration of - ... am I being compared as such and such's grandson and son - that was minuscule compared to the problems I was having just working... I didn't have time to start worrying about who I was in the eyes of the public. Jamie Wyeth compareconsiderationeye share on social
I just can't whip off a likeness of somebody. Jamie Wyeth likenesswhip Change image and share on social
As a child, I always wanted to live on a boat. Jamie Wyeth boatchildlive Change image and share on social
To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving. Jamie Wyeth dancermoveoxymoron Change image and share on social
Dance looks absurd on film, I think, like little puppets moving around. Jamie Wyeth absurddancefilm Change image and share on social
