Admire Quote by J. G. Ballard

I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.

— Ben Whishaw

I would have been an artist, because I studied art and history in school and college.

— Gauri Khan

I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.

— Catherine Deneuve

In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.

— Fede Alvarez

If I had gone to art college and everybody was being a conceptual artist, I probably would have wanted to be a portrait or…

— Roisin Murphy

I would have been a visual artist. When I was in high school, that was one of the things... I had to make a…

— Josh Young

Before that I wanted to be a magazine illustrator - I probably would have painted Gothic scenes.

— Ira Levin

Besides a princess and a ballerina and a firefighter and a vet, I think I wanted to be an artist.

— Alison Sudol

I wanted to be a painter.

— Max Cannon

I'd rather be remembered as a famous painter than a famous model, so I'll have to start the ball rolling now.

— Kirsty Hume

As to what I would like to be, it is difficult to say. An artist of some kind. If nothing else I shall always…

— Jackson Pollock

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

— Judy Chicago