Art Quote by Imogen Cunningham

My father had wanted to be a commercial artist. He got as far as being a photographer in the army in World War II,…

— David Salle

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to…

— Richard Diebenkorn

When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.

— Jonathan Pryce

My Dad took a workshop from a photographer who worked at the Toledo Blade, a newspaper I delivered. I knew this photographer's work. My…

— Sam Abell

My mum was very interested in art and liked to write, and my dad was a hobbyist photographer.

— Martine Syms

You are either born to be a photographer or not. The art of photography is not something you can learn in the classroom or…

— Nobuyoshi Araki

My Father is a photographer, so it was always around. I was trained in painting, so I learnt a lot of skills about composition,…

— Patricia Piccinini

I wanted not to make photographs that would be art, but art that would be photography.

— Jean-Marc Bustamante

I always wanted to be a painter. I loved painting. I went on three different art courses but had no talent whatsoever.

— John Burnside

I grew up wanting to be a painter and paint pictures.

— Paul Simonon

Originally, I thought of being a photographer and nearly went to art school, but I got a record deal instead.

— Roisin Murphy

I always wanted to be an artist, I just didn't know that you could be, or how you could be. I went to an…

— Francesca DiMattio