Ancestors Quote by Herbert A. Simon

My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and…

— Josef Albers

My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you…

— Jonathan Ive

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.

— Carla Bruni

Generally my focus has been on people who make things, whether it's writers or directors or painters or musicians.

— Anton Corbijn

My father is a very skilled carpenter. He can do just about anything with his hands. He is very artistic with his carpentry.

— Coy Bowles

I've been classically trained in piano since I was little. My father was a pianist, so they started me early.

— Beth Phoenix

My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical background and…

— Phillipa Soo

My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.

— Yoko Ono

I come from a family of traders; my grandmother and my mother were very good at making money.

— Anne Robinson

My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in academia.

— Pete Seeger

I play piano, but not well enough to play professionally.

— Gordon Lightfoot

“We are type designers, punch cutters, wood cutters, type founders, compositors, printers, and book binders from conviction and with passion, not because we are…

— Rudolph Koch