Apartment Quote by Ryan McGinley

Since my Dad was an artist, I grew up around art shows and openings and that had a big impact on me as well,…

— Christian Hosoi

Me and my friends had BMX magazines and skate magazines, and I was a photographer who made skate videos.

— Spike Jonze

Obviously, I like doing crazy stuff given my history of skateboarding.

— Darby Allin

In high school, I was into a lot of different stuff, and I did ride skateboards.

— Rick Famuyiwa

I'll always have my skate life, but I absolutely like the fun of making movies.

— Ryan Sheckler

I wanted to get into art. I did some neon stuff. I worked in, not computer-generated, but computer manipulation of pictures.

— Giorgio Moroder

I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish.

— Debi Thomas

I would begin by collecting lithographs and etchings. It's a way of coming in and benefiting from real quality art. Even younger artists make…

— Arne Glimcher

I had to learn the hard way. There was a blindness, without any education or will or drive. Everything I started in the beginning…

— Rob Dyrdek

I really wanted to play hockey. My mom thought figure skates looked easier to use, so she put me in the learn-to-skate program.

— Nathan Chen

When I was a kid, I used to make skateboarding videos, and I would pretend to be in a band and make rock videos…

— Shavo Odadjian

I'm going to skate exactly the way I want to, create programs that I like, and everything will fall into place where it is…

— Johnny Weir