Advent Quote by John Dykstra

I became obsessed with the storytelling of photography and going on little adventures.

— Cole Sprouse

I became more and more interested in the mechanics of creativity.

— Genrich Altshuller

Before I decided to concentrate on writing, I drew pictures and painted, and made Super 8 experimental movies. I was the singer in three…

— Dennis Cooper

I remember going through school and doing art, which was the only thing that I actually found fulfilling, and I couldn't really figure out…

— Joe Anderson

I started connecting things to my body during my childhood. I approached the computer as a mediating element, as a form of visual art.

— Steve Mann

I had so many ideas that I wanted to get out at once that it led to simple little drawings and paintings.

— Neil Farber

I think of myself as a little kid, and I had a wild imagination, but it was something that was encouraged and supported, which…

— Uzo Aduba

What's fascinated me from the time I was a little kid was the way we construct our lives through stories.

— Henry Louis Gates

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens…

— Russell Banks

Long before I realized I was exploring something, that I was looking to develop something in myself, I was just naturally drawn to movies…

— Barnet Bain

I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then…

— John Francis

I started resenting how much art robs from life. I'd go to a party and I couldn't enjoy myself, even sexually. All I could…

— Patti Smith