Art Quote by Toyin Odutola

My first influences were superhero artists.

— Scott McCloud

Artists such as Lorna Simpson, Zoe Leonard, Byron Kim and Stephen Andrews and I are around the same age, and I know them personally.…

— Glenn Ligon

The artists I listened to in high school had a huge impact on my artistry today.

— Benson Boone

I was fortunate enough to go to a school where my fifth-grade teachers really put a spotlight on artists, and specifically Black artists, so…

— Quinta Brunson

I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.

— Brit Marling

My influences were from Europe from between 1900 and 1945. My favorite artists were Egon Schiele or Edvard Munch. I wasn't interested in contemporary…

— Tracey Emin

I was always drawn toward the Actor's Studio. I studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute when I first came to New York. One of…

— Karen Allen

My mum was into pottery and embroidery, very artistic, and she knew some people from the college, which I think was how I got…

— Jamie Hewlett

I had really great art classes. Really great art teachers. Arts played a very important role in having a place to express yourself uniquely.

— Dianne Reeves

I went to Princeton High School when I was very serious about being an artist.

— John Lithgow

There were some extremely good teachers there that were great artists really in their own right. It was actually very hard to concentrate on…

— Graham Coxon

Artists from all over the world have had a lot of positive influence on me. Their works always inspire me.

— Jackson Wang