Abstract Quote by Frank Stella

I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it.

— Jenny Holzer

I didn't see an abstract painting until I was 18, when I went to Vincent Price's house and saw Richard Niebencorn, Wolff, Jackson Pollack.…

— Dennis Hopper

I wasn't in the art world at all as a kid; I was just creative, and we were always doing arts and crafts.

— Abbi Jacobson

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 was an abstract expressionist before I had seen any abstract expressionist paintings. I started when I was a kid and continued just doing…

— Dennis Hopper

I was an arts student. I did graphic design. Being an artist, I did a lot of paintings. I have always had that creative…

— Gauri Khan

I had given up ( around 1950, fh) any ambition of making a career as an artist…..I had lost all interest in the art…

— Jean Dubuffet

As I grew older, I developed a very innate passion for art. I was actually pretty good at it.

— Evangeline Lilly

The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.

— Yoko Ono

I've always been doing some sort of art. I started off, when I was very young, painting.

— Dennis Hopper

When I was really young, I was convinced I wanted to be a visual artist. I would paint and draw and make crafts.

— Alessia Cara

I grew up in the art world.

— Cary Elwes