Peter Agostini (1913-1993) received his only formal art training at New York's Leonardo da Vinci Art School in 1935-1936. He taught painting and sculpture at New York Studio School and Columbia University. From 1966 to 1983, he was a professor of art at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). Agostini talks about working for the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s, the changes in the New York art scene during the 1940s and 1950s, his work method, the artists who influenced him, his sculpture, and his poetry. He recalls his reluctance in coming to UNCG as he did not consider himself a teacher as well as his approach to teaching. Agostini also discusses the Vietnam War and his thoughts about how to stop wars.