Art Quote by Jacob Epstein

My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.

— Kurt Cobain

Both of my parents were incredibly supportive of me being in any arts, because they were both in the arts. They weren't the typical…

— Aya Cash

My parents thought art was important and a lot of my childhood was spent doing some form of it or another.

— Jason Becker

I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he…

— Imogen Cunningham

My entire childhood was a sacrifice: I was in and out of institutes until I was 17. Art has given me a chance to…

— Goldie

“Over the last forty years, many educators, decision-makers, and even some parents have come to regard the arts as peripheral, and let’s face it,…

— Betty Edwards

Growing up, I didn't have a family of creatives. I didn't have knowledge that becoming an artist was an option. I'm not from a…

— Kesh

I was told growing up that the arts were just a hobby - that I couldn't do it as a career.

— Mena Massoud

My parents were always doubtful about my making a living as an artist. Even when I was up for the Turner Prize, my mum…

— Cornelia Parker

I was surrounded by art by virtue of not only the educational opportunities that my mother's foresight availed me to.

— Kehinde Wiley

My mother really didn't come from artists. Her famous quote to me was, "The only artists I've ever heard of are dead." The pottery…

— Glenn Ligon

I didn't want to go to school, because I wanted to be an artist, and they were never going to teach me art. None…

— Kali Uchis