Education Quote by Tony Harrison

“I was made to learn Latin and Greek, but I resented it, being of opinion that it was silly to learn a language that…

— Bertrand Russell

I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics.…

— Tim Blake Nelson

From a child, I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music, painting, flowers, and the sciences, Algebra being one of my favorite…

— George Washington Carver

“The ambition to secure an education was most praiseworthy and encouraging. The idea, however, was too prevalent that, as soon as one secured a…

— Booker T. Washington

Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical…

— Rita Mae Brown

In all the twelve years I was at school no one ever succeeded in making me write a Latin verse or learn any Greek…

— Winston Churchill

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

— Anna Held

I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.

— Sam Taylor-Wood

I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.

— Nigel Dennis

I always knew that was what I wanted to do - to write, particularly poetry.

— Derek Walcott

When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.

— Patti Smith

I've always wished that I had a great ability to verbalize art theory and find a way that I fit in to the whole…

— Damian Loeb