102 Favorite Paintings Quotes

“When Norman Rockwell was a boy, on the upper West Side of Manhattan, his father was given to reading out loud passages from the works of Charles Dickens after supper while the boy sketched the characters. This early exposure to the great nineteenth-century novelist seems to have had a profound effect on Rockwell's subsequent career. In one sense it is true to say that almost all of Rockwell's work can be seen as an extension of the Dickensian tradition. Rockwell has Dickens' flair for caricature and for inventing colorful and picturesque characters. He has the same gift of creating comedy out of everyday situations.”
― Christopher Finch, 102 Favorite Paintings