Art Quote by Ato Essandoh

My mother taught Shakespeare and used to act.

— Derek Walcott

My father is a visual artist, so I was influenced by him, and my mother is an English teacher who forced me to read…

— Taika Waititi

My mom was heavily in the arts; my entire family, they're all musicians and draw. They have much more artistic talent than me!

— Kendrick Sampson

Both of my parents were cartoonists - they met in art school - so I was always drawing and I was the best artist…

— Mark Alan Stamaty

My father being a theatre person used to compose music for his plays. He noticed me singing one of his compositions at a young…

— Meghana Raj

My earliest influence was Shakespeare - I read Shakespeare incessantly as a kid.

— Don Winslow

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had…

— Lynn Johnston

My parents are the reason I wanted to make Shakespeare available to ordinary people.

— Kenneth Branagh

My mother's an artist. My father was an artist and so I assumed that was normal growing up in art and the art world…

— Bran Ferren

My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved Shakespeare, and he took us to tons of theater.

— Vanessa Kirby

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 dad was a poet. He saw the world through unique glasses, with simplicity, spirituality, and humor.

— John Carter Cash