My mother's an artist. My father was an artist and so I…

My mother is an artist, my father an entrepreneur.

— Lisa Brennan-Jobs

What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful, perfectly useless…

— Elizabeth Bishop

My father was an artist. When life was harder and he couldn't get jobs, he painted houses, but he was artistic. When I went…

— Ralph Lauren

“For the perfect gentleman was out there somewhere, waiting for her. He would be nothing like Father, he would be an artist, with an…

— Kate Morton

The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the…

— Ziggy Marley

I just want people to recognize my father as an artist who was way ahead of his time. He was a genius. His life…

— Freddie Prinze, Jr

My mom devotes so much of her time toward me. She's an artist, and my father is a doctor. I've been brought up in…

— Natalie Portman

My mother was a housewife but she was also an artist. My father was an electrical engineer.

— James Cameron

I'm a real martial artist, my father always taught me that some way I have to train every day, no matter what happens your…

— Lyoto Machida

I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I do with…

— Jonathan Lethem

My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer.

— Liza Minnelli

My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books.

— Jeff VanderMeer

My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.

— Yayoi Kusama

My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books. I've learned…

— Jeff VanderMeer

My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except…

— Natalie Babbitt