Father Quote by Takashi Murakami

My real father was a portrait painter. I went to a lot of auctions as a kid and galleries.

— Cary Elwes

I've met a lot of artists who wanted to paint me. LeRoy Neiman was one. He did it from a photograph. He made 20,000…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I do portraits - my dad's an artist.

— Fearne Cotton

Both my parents were painters.

— Jason Momoa

I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age…

— John Dyer

I still think as a painter - especially in terms of structuring a picture... I carefully choose the models, costumes, requisites, and backdrops of…

— Loretta Lux

My family has always been inclined to any form of art.

— Manini Mishra

My father has made a museum with my cuttings and photographs.

— Andres Iniesta

Apart from the traditional paintings I also dabble with a little photography.

— St. Lucia

“Paint, for the Impressionists, became a medium whose material properties were being celebrated as opposed to being disguised behind the artifice of a pictorial…

— Will Gompertz

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes.

— Erica Jong

My Father is a photographer, so it was always around. I was trained in painting, so I learnt a lot of skills about composition,…

— Patricia Piccinini