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Norman Rockwell

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Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor's. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out.
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As quoted in A Rockwell Portrait : An Intimate Biography? (1978) by Donald Walton, p. 198

 
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