Academic Quote by Anonymous

I was too practical to want to be a painter.

— Paul Rand

I was 100 percent sure when I left university that I was going to be a painter.

— Rebecca Miller

I was born knowing that I had to be a painter, because my father, an art historian, always presented painting as the only acceptable…

— Domenico Gnoli

When I was in high school, I was going to be a painter because I had a facility for painting. I could do it,…

— Ellen McLaughlin

I wanted to become a painter for a while. I think it was because I was lazy.

— Javier Bardem

I used to want to be a writer or a painter, although I couldn't paint very well.

— Jisoo

I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of…

— David LaChapelle

I always wanted to be a painter. I loved painting. I went on three different art courses but had no talent whatsoever.

— John Burnside

I wanted to be a painter.

— Max Cannon

I was actually qualified to be an art teacher, but I didn't want to teach.

— Christine McVie

Some felt I'm not academically qualified, and they're right.

— Jesse Ventura

When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.

— Jonathan Pryce