Historical Quote by William Allan

I wanted to be a painter.

— Max Cannon

I used to think I was going to be a painter.

— Sexyy Red

I painted from the time I was five years old. I was going to be a painter, an actor, a director, and a writer.

— Dennis Hopper

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

— Irving Stone

I think of me being a painter eventually.

— Syd Barrett

I'm a painter in my dreams, you know.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I will be an artist or nothing!

— Eugene O'Neill

I grew up wanting to be a painter and paint pictures.

— Paul Simonon

I was 100 percent sure when I left university that I was going to be a painter.

— Rebecca Miller

I want to be a living work of art.

— Luisa Casati

I hope that through my work, artists will take some chances, break some rules, and make art that comes from inside of them. I…

— Angela Cartwright

Besides a princess and a ballerina and a firefighter and a vet, I think I wanted to be an artist.

— Alison Sudol