Facility Quote by John Lithgow

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 wanted to be a painter.

— Max Cannon

I wanted to be a painter when I was a kid. And then, I had to make a living. I had a child when…

— Colleen Atwood

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

— Jonathan Pryce

I wanted to be a painter and an artist. And it's interesting that in some of my later musical works, I refer so often…

— Gunther Schuller

I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip…

— Andy Serkis

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

— Paul Simonon

I used to want to be a writer or a painter, although I couldn't paint very well.

— Jisoo

I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of…

— David LaChapelle

It is difficult to say why I decided I wanted to be an artist. Obviously, I had some facility, more than other people, but…

— David Hockney

I was always interested in drawing and painting. I enrolled in college to study painting. But I didn't have any livelihood when I graduated.…

— Stuart Franklin

When I was really young, I was convinced I wanted to be a visual artist. I would paint and draw and make crafts.

— Alessia Cara