Army Quote by Georg Baselitz

I became an artist because I couldn't become anything else.

— Mati Klarwein

I became a degenerate artist. My parents were shaped by their own experiences, and artists weren't so useful in the death camps.

— Art Spiegelman

Something in me was instinctively drawn to the life of a misunderstood, brilliant and wilful artist. I wanted to become one.

— John Lloyd Young

I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.

— Sam Taylor-Wood

Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family background, so…

— Anonymous

At the very beginning of my career I felt very strongly about what type of artist I wanted to be.

— Miranda Lambert

I am principally an artist. I became a political cartoonist.

— Robert Graysmith

I think I always wanted to be an artist. I sort of just followed my passion right out of high school, and everything kind…

— Lisa Frank

I came in as an established artist. People were hiring me for what I did and for who I was. I think that has…

— Molly Crabapple

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history

— Judy Chicago

I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.

— Dick Bruna

This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for…

— Jasper Johns