Art Quote by Cynthia Rowley

I wanted to be an artist, but I wasn't really confident in my intellectual stamina for it. I was more intimidated by it, and…

— Rick Owens

In college, I was a painter, and I had a strong interest in fashion. I just like this concept of being able to dream…

— Melody Gardot

I feel like fashion and style is a big part of being an artist.

— Chanel West Coast

I didn't think of being an artist until after I went away to boarding school. There were other things to be interested in. And…

— Elizabeth Neel

I was never shielded from the realities of what it meant to be an artist and that made me afraid to be an artist…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

I've realised that when fashion is really good and really challenges and takes a risk, it is incredibly artistically powerful. It makes people dream.

— Jonathan Anderson

I always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a medium for accident and chance.

— Francis Bacon

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 think of me being a painter eventually.

— Syd Barrett

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

— Jonathan Pryce

The boyhood dream of becoming a painter stays important to me.

— Cai Guo-Qiang

The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an…

— David Bailey