Art Quote by Walt Disney

I was raised to be some kind of artist.

— Ellar Coltrane

Like so many other nerdy, disaffected young people of that time, I dreamed of becoming an 'artist', i.e., somebody whose adult job was original…

— David Foster Wallace

I grew up with artists.

— Jason Momoa

By the time I was 12, I had decided to be an artist.

— Yolanda King

I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.

— Kiki Smith

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 think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a…

— Madeleine Peyroux

As a kid, I imagined being an artist.

— Elizabeth Diller

I was a very insecure, self-conscious kid, and as an artist even more so.

— Eugene Lee Yang

I was a real art freak when I was a teenager.

— Helen McCrory

I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.

— Maurice Sendak

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens…

— Russell Banks