English
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Portrait of Erik Erikson, 1962
Charcoal on paper
Collection of Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, MA
AUDIO TRANSCRIPT
Of course, you know, Erik… He arrives about 20 minutes after 12. Then I asked him, “What is it, anyway? Why do I have to all this trouble with these pictures?”
He’s very comforting, and he said just what I wanted him to say. He said, “Well, you know, that’s the way it is. You want to be an artist, you have to suffer like this.” You know. It’s the old crap. But I guess it’s true more or less.