Always Quote by Damien Hirst

I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'

— Damien Hirst

I wanted to get out of this country and experience different ways of seeing the world. So I went to Europe, but I went…

— Robert Redford

I think of me being a painter eventually.

— Syd Barrett

It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible.

— Josef Albers

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

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

— Jisoo

I wanted to be a painter.

— Max Cannon

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

— John Burnside

As an artist, I have to be the ambassador of everything.

— Sandra Cisneros

In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.

— Patti Smith

I was too practical to want to be a painter.

— Paul Rand

Until 1954, I'd only ever thought of being a painter, but I earned my money when and where I could. You could say I…

— John Berger