Art Quote by Glenn Ligon

In '89, I got a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. That's when I started to get into group shows. Suddenly, I…

— Glenn Ligon

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting…

— David Bowie

Growing up, I was always surrounded by musicians. After I got into that trouble, got locked up and when I got out I couldn't…

— Akon

I kind of just lucked into and fell into the other profession. It was really just an outgrowth of the fact that when I…

— Martin Mull

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 was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist.

— Marisa Tomei

I went to UCLA and studied studio art. I thought I was going to be a gallery painter, photographer, or ceramicist. Then, when I…

— Lisa Hanawalt

I was a commercial artist when I left school, but luckily I became an actor. I've painted for many, many years. Now the last…

— Pierce Brosnan

I didn't think of being an artist until after I went away to boarding school. There were other things to be interested in. And…

— Elizabeth Neel

For a long time, I kept working at part-time jobs... my goal was to build up enough savings so I wouldn't be kicked out…

— Janet Fish

I wasn't really sold on being an artist until high school, my senior year. I was going to do the college thing originally.

— Ab-Soul

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

— Mati Klarwein