Child Quote by Colleen Atwood

I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip…

— Andy Serkis

I wanted to be a painter.

— Max Cannon

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

— Jonathan Pryce

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went…

— Markus Zusak

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

When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.

— Patti Smith

I was very interested in being a painter. I had facility, I had talent, and I loved painting and printmaking, and I was quite…

— John Lithgow

From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out what I…

— Reynolds Price

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

— Javier Bardem

I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the Navy, there…

— Anonymous

I wanted to be a painter and an artist. And it's interesting that in some of my later musical works, I refer so often…

— Gunther Schuller