By Steven Spielberg, on Norman Rockwell

“I’ve always loved Boy on a High Dive. That painting means a lot to me, because we’re all on diving boards hundreds of times during our lives, taking the plunge or pulling back from the abyss. For me, that painting represents every motion picture just before I commit to directing it. Just that one moment, before I say ‘Yes, I’m going to direct that movie.’ For Schindler’s List, I probably lived on that diving board for eleven years before I eventually took the plunge. So that painting spoke to me the second I saw it. When I saw that the painting was available to add to my collection, I said, ‘Well not only is it going in my collection, but it’s going in my office so I can look at it every day of my life.’”
-Steven Spielberg