I thought I would be a visual artist when I was growing…

I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do.

— Carrie Brownstein

When I was really young, I was convinced I wanted to be a visual artist. I would paint and draw and make crafts.

— Alessia Cara

Beyonce is such a visual artist. This was just trying to figure out another side to her that could be fun and young and…

— Bryce Wilson

John Cage is someone I got into as a visual artist, before I even knew his music. I don't think a lot of people…

— Devendra Banhart

Hearing about a visual artist's approach can change the way you think about songwriting.

— St. Lucia

I would have been a visual artist. When I was in high school, that was one of the things... I had to make a…

— Josh Young

Symphony is the ability to see the big picture, connect the dots, combine disparate things into something new. Visual artists in particular are good…

— Daniel H. Pink

I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.

— P. J. Harvey

Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find music that…

— Wayne McGregor

As an artist, you always have to be growing. You don't just want to do what you already know people like.

— John Darnielle

I will never be the best dancer or artist. I will be growing until the day I retire.

— Misty Copeland

Yeah, I guess for years I wanted to be an artist, and when I was growing up, lots of my family were artists, so…

— Josh O'Connor

Listen up and I'll tell a story about an artist growing old. Some would try for fame and glory; others aren't so bold.

— Daniel Johnston

Failure would only be if you had somewhere stopped growing. As far as I can see the whole duty of the artist is to…

— May Sarton

I studied neuroscience at the cellular level, so I was looking at learning and memory in the visual cortex of rats. Neuroscience mainly exposed…

— Ze Frank