Art Quote by Ken Burns

My career was 100% different from what I intended to do. I thought I'd photograph nature and landscapes but I wound up photographing the…

— Charles Moore

I've been a photographer for my whole life and I've done everything with photography that I felt I could do, and I always wanted…

— Larry Clark

I was a filmmaker. I made movies. I made films. And I always took photos and made films, always from the beginning.

— Robert Barry

I'm pretty committed to being a filmmaker because it incorporates everything I love: music, art direction, story, and you know - everything.

— Adria Petty

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history

— Judy Chicago

If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural…

— Dominic Monaghan

Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second…

— Tony Curtis

I wanted to be a filmmaker since I was a kid. I always did things that took me a little closer to that.

— Justin Simien

In terms of negotiating a career - I've always grown up being an insider and an outsider to different worlds, across different classes and…

— Riz Ahmed

I'm a documentary photographer. That's what I've always wanted to be; that's where my heart and soul is.

— Mary Ellen Mark

I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could…

— Ted Nelson

I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic design. I…

— Neil Marshall