About Quote by John Van Hamersveld

My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.

— Condola Rashad

One of the reasons I moved away from painting was because I eventually discovered that I wanted to deal more with motion, time, and…

— Jared Leto

I wanted to become a painter for a while. I think it was because I was lazy.

— Javier Bardem

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting…

— David Bowie

I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting…

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

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 became an artist because I couldn't become anything else.

— Mati Klarwein

I made a conscious decision to take my life and career in a different direction. I started working on a play, and also, by…

— Scott Cohen

I was always an artist. I was a broker to earn a living, but I was always thinking about my art.

— Jeff Koons

I was an arts student. I did graphic design. Being an artist, I did a lot of paintings. I have always had that creative…

— Gauri Khan

I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts.

— Anonymous

I knew I wanted to be an artist early on, but I decided to seriously pursue the profession when I auditioned for Juilliard.

— Corey Hawkins