Intellectual Quote by Lee Isaac Chung

One of the reasons I stay in New York is because you're always around so many other types of arts, and it's easy to…

— Chris Gethard

New York is really where my career somewhat started.

— Jose Feliciano

I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you can have…

— Billy Eichner

New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The…

— Kathleen Battle

I gravitated to New York City in the late '70s to pursue a career in visual art, which is what I trained in at…

— Lee Ranaldo

I knew I had to take my ambition more seriously, so I enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago. Then, in the fall, I…

— Claes Oldenburg

I combine aspects of fashion, comedy, sculpture, video, painting all kind of in one multimedia sort of curriculum. New York is what gave me…

— Chloe Wise

My three years in Manhattan were sort of my university years. I was learning by myself, and it was a tough time. That's when…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department.…

— Merritt Wever

As soon as I went to painting school in New York, I took an experimental film course, and everything clicked and came together. I…

— Patty Jenkins

I've been pretty career-focused since moving to New York.

— Andrew Rannells

When I moved to New York, I didn't know how much improv and comedy would play into my life. I thought I was going…

— Sasheer Zamata