Acceptable Quote by Domenico Gnoli

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 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

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 was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he…

— Imogen Cunningham

My mother thought I would have a hard life as a painter. My father thought the highest thing a person could be was an…

— Alex Katz

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 painted from the time I was five years old. I was going to be a painter, an actor, a director, and a writer.

— Dennis Hopper

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

— Jonathan Pryce

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

My father had wanted to be a commercial artist. He got as far as being a photographer in the army in World War II,…

— David Salle

I used to think I was going to be a painter.

— Sexyy Red

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