63 Quotes by Jamie Wyeth

Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can't get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, then let it go that way.

Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father.

My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather's old house and even wore some of his clothes.

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's work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather's is robust, bursting off the walls.

My father's like - it's as if he was transparent. He's a man of great mystery, whereas apparently N.C. Wyeth was 6-feet, 2-inches tall, with a booming voice. I think that's reflected in their work.

My father, whose work I adore... was down working on little things of grass and dead birds. Well, that didn't interest me. As an 8-year-old kid, I wanted knights in armor and so forth.

I have hundreds of art books and the biographies of artists I love, such as Thomas Eakins and Edgar Degas.

I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner's in each house. I read those books all the time.