I wish I could balance life as an artist and a mother, but…

I play these [folk acoustic] concerts and I ask myself, 'Would you come see me tonight?' - and I'd have to answer truthfully, 'No,…

— Bob Dylan

The artist and the mother are vehicles, not originators. They don't create the new life, they only bear it. This is why birth is…

— Steven Pressfield

I think the art world is one of the last bastions of this kind of sexism where there is a mythology about a woman…

— Laurie Simmons

I am very much a woman, but I never consider that I am when I go and make films. I don't check into the…

— Ondi Timoner

I am lucky in that my children are grown, my youngest is twenty-seven. I didn't have the conflict between artist and mother while they…

— Pegi Young

The first thing I do in the morning is pick up my cell phone and call my mother to check that she's ok, and…

— Shirley Ballas

“For example, Adria came home from nursery school one day with a picture she was excited to show off. She immediately interrupted something important…

— Carol Tuttle

I remember my mother doing housework until four in the morning and then a couple of hours later taking me to school.

— Toyah Willcox

“How is Maria's mother doing, if I may ask?" His tone became less formal. "She is very well, thank you. She is quite involved…

— Bobby Underwood

What in Lucifer's reach is my mother doing here? -LORELAI

— Gilmore Girls

“It is the custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage in their minds and put things straight for next…

— J.M. Barrie

A person who loves and cares about his mother is doing the best deed.

— Vikrant Parsai

A word by a caring mother: I'm doing every necessary things for my children for them to enjoy life for I know my time…

— Usman Ismaheel

“to hear what you and my mother were doing last night. I think”

— Richelle Mead

When you please your mother by doing something, it gives you confidence that you can please other people.

— Gene Wilder