Art Quote by George Grosz

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 always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it.

— Julie Mehretu

I never got into being an artist. For me, it's always more research, storytelling, maybe technological experimental. It's more like a laboratory setting.

— Hito Steyerl

No one really had to encourage me to become an artist; it was just something I knew I had to do. I was drawn…

— Keiynan Lonsdale

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

What experience has shown me is that it takes your life to become an artist.

— Eric Fischl

It is difficult to say why I decided I wanted to be an artist. Obviously, I had some facility, more than other people, but…

— David Hockney

I have had such a satisfying career; I've gotten to do so many amazing things as an artist.

— Lari White

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

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

— Judy Chicago

One of the greatest things about being an artist is, as you get older, if you keep working hard in relationship to what you…

— Catherine Opie

It is a joy to be an artist, but it doesn't mean very much unless that work is somehow useful in some way and…

— Angelina Jolie