Quote

When life closes a door, God opens a window.

Paul Smith

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Paul Smith
Door
Window
Doors
Life
Closes
Opens

More quotes by Paul Smith

Image
I was always making things. I made model airplanes and did a number of hands-on activities. I liked creating in some form or another, not realizing what it was all about.
Paul Smith
Image
Don't dress for fashion, dress for yourself
Paul Smith
Image
My parents never prevented me from doing anything, but they didn't have the knowledge of the arts that Mrs. Ranger had.
Paul Smith
Image
One association with the arts that I vividly remember was a magazine called Normal Instructor, a teachers' magazine, that Miss George would hold up with illustrations of great artworks like [Vincent] van Gogh and Rembrandt [van Rijn].
Paul Smith
Image
Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second.
Paul Smith
Image
I think there were some programs but in those days art programs were kind of basic. You would do drawing and simple collage type work. But at home I was beginning to get interested in doing my own thing as well. I'm not sure what inspired this, but I became very interested in decorating things.
Paul Smith
Image
It was mainly a growing farm, although we did have chickens and a few animals, but I did help to some degree with that. I have to say that it was not my favorite association.I did what I was asked to do.
Paul Smith
Image
Stop making sense. Logic is predictable. Think differently.
Paul Smith
Image
My parents' names were Florian and Mabel Smith. My mother's maiden name was Dersam. They were of German heritage and were part of a family community with my grandparents and uncles and relatives. I was an only child.
Paul Smith
Image
Christianity began in Palestine as an experience, it moved to Greece and became a philosophy, it moved to Italy and became an institution, it moved to Europe and became a culture, and it moved to America and became a business! We've left the experience long behind.
Paul Smith
Image
Fashion is about today and tomorrow. Nobody cares how good you used to be
Paul Smith
Image
I know that I was conscious of all the aspects of the war, having had cousins who were in the army, who would send me notes and memorabilia. I began to collect things that they would send me.
Paul Smith
Image
Maybe that's what I've based my career on: getting up earlier than everyone else so I get an extra couple of hours.
Paul Smith
Image
People, even children, aren't really afraid of change. They're afraid of not being prepared for change.
Paul Smith
Image
What I adore is mixing the unexpected, things you don't imagine should go together
Paul Smith
Image
I think it was interesting that when you're in those formative years you respond to things that interest you and don't always know where they lead. But they accumulate and add up to something that enriches your later life or leads you to some new experience.
Paul Smith
Image
Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was not the best of times, and yet I don't recall ever having experiences that were a burden.
Paul Smith
Image
Upon graduation, in the yearbook I was voted Most likely to succeed. which I know was credited to my artistic achievements.
Paul Smith
Image
The class situation [at Art Institute on Elmwood Avenue] was such that one would be very much on their own to paint or draw. The faculty was roving to give opinions or help out technically, which all the faculty did very well.
Paul Smith
Image
I developed friends in the community that were in walking distance or a bicycle ride away, so that I socialized and did a lot of things that children do in their early years.
Paul Smith