“I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I had an idea I wanted to be a cartoonist - or something that involved Indian ink, at any rate.” KindIdeasWantedArtistInvolvedMetsRateIndianCartoonInkNeighbourCartoonist Author:Edward Ruscha
“I'm quite ignorant about fashion and I'm colourblind, so it's all a tad tricky. My only knowledge of that world comes through Christopher Bailey, whom I first met in 2008 when I did a campaign for Burberry that featured musicians, artists, actors and sportsmen.” WorldFirstsArtistActorsFashionMetsMusicianCampaignsIgnorantTrickySportsmanBurberry Author:Eddie Redmayne
“I know who I am as an artist and I know what my sound is, but I wanted to know what I could do in order to take it to that next level. So the experiences I had last year of moving to California and traveling to places like Rome and Nicaragua where I met a lot of people just had a really big impact in my life.” PeopleKnowsYearsBigsWantedLastsMovingArtistOrderNextSoundLevelsMetsImpactWho I AmCaliforniaRomeLast YearNext LevelNicaraguaBig Impact Author:Kate Voegele
“In Germany, you have a huge official memorial to the murdered Jews and then you have this artist who's been putting these stumbling blocks, these brass cobblestones, outside the houses Jews were taken away from. It's somewhat controversial and has met some resistance.” ArtistHouseTakenHugeMetsJewResistanceBlockOfficialsGermanyMemorialControversialStumblingBrassStumbling BlocksCobblestone Author:Amy Waldman
“I think almost every woman artist I've ever met has this ideal of being in a partnership working situation with a man, that men don't seem to share. They seem to want this ideal thing, that we'll always be together and work together.” ThinkingMenWantSeemsTogetherArtistSituationShareMetsIdealsWorking TogetherPartnershipWoman Artist Author:Tom Verlaine
“Olafur Eliasson is also one of the most visionary artists I've ever met. He is from Denmark and Iceland, and his focus is nothing less than the entire universe.” ArtistUniverseFocusMetsVisionariesDenmarkIceland Author:Victor Pinchuk
“Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I've never met anyone who didn't like a pretty face.” PeopleFacesArtistHateBeautyMetsLoadPretty FacePretty Picture Author:David Hockney
“My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist in pre-war Paris Smuggling bombs for the underground. And she met my father at a fete in Aix-en-Provence; He was disguised as a Russian cadet in the employ of the Axis.” WarMotherArtistFatherMetsChineseParisBombsAxesSmugglingProvenceTrapezeCadetsTrapeze Artists Author:Colin Meloy
“Not only that, but when I first met Joe, to my intense delight, he showed me that he was a collector. He was collecting some of the early Tarzan pages by Hal Foster, and, later, early Flash Gordons; and I found that we were both absolutely interested in the same type of thing.” FirstsArtistFoundTypeMetsPagesDelightIntenseFlashCollectingCollectorsFlash Gordon Author:Joe Shuster
“artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.” NeedsHumansArtistHuman BeingsMetsBeing An Artist Author:Madeleine L'Engle
“I met India Arie, who is one of my favorite artists of all time. It was really sweet, I was broken up with a month before, and she stayed up texting me all night and was helping me through it. Her text message looks like a song of hers. She's sort of become my fairy godmother.” LooksHelpingArtistNightSongSweetBrokenMonthsMetsMessagesIndiaMy FavoriteAll TimeFairyAll NightTextingBroken UpText MessageFavorite ArtistGodmotherFairy GodmotherReally Sweet Author:Ariana Grande