Around Quote by Amanda Palmer

My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness.

— Alice Walker

When I was young, I didn't want to do traditional painting and calligraphy. I deliberately wanted to separate from my father so I could…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

Ours was a storytelling family even in pleasing times, and in those days my parents looked on words as our sustenance, rich in their…

— Natalie Kusz

Passed down from generation to generation, storytelling was an art in my family.

— David Mixner

I became disconnected from the childlike play that art could be. I spent so much time fearing I wasn't good enough that I lost…

— Elisabeth Shue

My parents thought art was important and a lot of my childhood was spent doing some form of it or another.

— Jason Becker

I was just lucky enough to grow up around the arts and have an open-minded family, to an extent.

— Sophie Thatcher

As a child, I craved sophistication and culture. My parents didn't know what to make of me.

— Larry Harvey

My parents were very artistic, but busy.

— Katey Sagal

My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me

— Meredith Brooks

I think my parents were surprisingly cool with me entering the arts. Although, I think they thought it was going to be a phase,…

— John Cho

My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older,…

— Iggy Pop