Art Quote by Glenn Ligon

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

In government they learned their lesson. They don't trust artists anymore. Now the money has to go through arts organizations. But, yeah, back then…

— Glenn Ligon

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

— Marisa Tomei

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 always wanted to become an artist who unites things.

— Sergei Polunin

I early on showed interest in the arts and I used to say, 'I'm an artist, I'm an artist.'

— Meena Harris

Apparently, my mother still thought I had too much energy so she signed me up for a local theatre group, marking the beginning of…

— Alex Hogh Andersen

I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.

— Kim Gordon

I was working as an art and tech researcher in '84. At that time there had been a small government program of assistance for…

— Francesca Da Rimini

In college, I pretty much abandoned music and started performing with the school's improv and sketch troupe, and at some point, that became my…

— Kyle Mooney

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

— Dick Bruna

My parents were involved in the record industry, so I was exposed to the arts very early.

— Max Greenfield