Naturally, I'm Conservative; I'm A Republican. I

And Uh, I'm Glad That I Still Have My Hands And My Eyes To Work With.

I Didn't Have Any Real Art Training, But When I Was About Twelve Nad Thirteen, Another Boy And I Went To A Sign Painter's House Every Friday Night And Took Lessons.

Many Of The Younger Generation Know My Name In A Vague Way And Connect It With Grotesque Inventions, But Don't Believe That I Ever Existed As A Person. They Think I'm A Nonperson, Just A Name That Signifies A Tangled Web Of Pipes Or Wires Or Strings That Suggest Machinery. My Name To Them Is Like A Spiral Staircase, Veal Cutlets, Barber's Itch — Terms That Give You An Immediate Picture Of What They Mean.

I Wonder How Anybody Can Think His Personality Changes With His Success. I've Had Quite A Bit Of Success But I Feel That I'm Just The Same Person As I Always Was.

I Didn't Write Because In The Corps I Took Mining Engineering Of All Things And, You Know, They, They Graduate A Mining Engineer As A Sort Of An Illiterate.