Beach Quote by Randy Pausch

Becoming a performer, comedian - anything other than a teacher, really - seemed very far-fetched. So I kind of split off into this separate…

— Quinta Brunson

When I was in high school, I was going to be a painter because I had a facility for painting. I could do it,…

— Ellen McLaughlin

School and things that painters have taught me even keep me from painting as I want to. I decided I was a very stupid…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I could always see myself being a teacher. I remember sitting in class as a kid, listening to the teacher and thinking, you know,…

— Rick Riordan

In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to conformity, and the lifestyle attracted me.…

— Grace Slick

I was studying sculpture and painting and was working on a degree so I could become a teacher. I really liked teaching, and it…

— Kurt Wagner

I didn't do so well in the academic world, so I think the only way I could express myself was through visual art -…

— Anonymous

I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang.

— Hugo Chavez

My first summer in college, I interned for Arena Stage in D.C. and taught a disastrous class on standup comedy to middle schoolers at…

— Alexandra Petri

I've never disguised the fact that I wasn't happy in teaching. But the reason was that I wanted to do comedy. I would have…

— Greg Davies

Don't say I was an inspirational teacher - my former pupils would laugh their heads off. I was grossly incompetent, but I hope I…

— Greg Davies