Art Quote by John Dyer

“A degree in art doesn’t automatically make you an artist any more than lacking a degree precludes you from becoming an artist.”

— Ted Orland

I was actually qualified to be an art teacher, but I didn't want to teach.

— Christine McVie

“the beauty of an art school: as long as you can pay the tuition, they will never, even in the gentlest way, suggest that…

— David Sedaris

I studied art just short of the level where you can earn a degree.

— PJ Harvey

I did not go to art school thinking that I was an artist; I went there mainly doing stage sets for bands. I considered…

— Pipilotti Rist

One of the advantages of not going to art school is that you're not taught what you can't do.

— Ben Eine

You cant be an artist without going to art school. Its impossible. Art schools like being plunged into a sheep dip that inoculates you…

— Grayson Perry

I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven.

— Janet Echelman

Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.

— Scott Kahn

I had gone to university and done engineering and then I got into art school and said I'm going to do this for three…

— Ashley Zukerman

It's hard for me to say what would happen if I didn't go to art school. It wasn't that I learned any specific painting…

— John Dyer Baizley

I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months…

— Annie Leibovitz