“In your twenties, if you have any amount of complexity in your childhood, or any trauma that you haven't dealt with, it comes out. That's why you have a lot of artists that don't make it through.” IfsArtistChildhoodHavensAmountTwentiesTraumaYour ChildrenComplexity Author:Jeremy Sisto
“perhaps there is something more than courtesy behind the dissembling reticence of childhood. ... Most artists dislike having their incomplete work considered and discussed and this analogy, I think, is valid. The child is incomplete, too, and is constantly experimenting as he seeks his own style of thought and feeling.” ThinkingChildrenFeelingsArtistBehindsChildhoodStyleDislikeCourtesyIncompleteAnalogiesThoughts And FeelingsReticence Author:Dervla Murphy
“They say your childhood influences your tastes and interests, or your approach if you're an artist. So what you create, whatever you saw, whatever your childhood was like - it influences how you're going to end up.” IfsEndsArtistInterestSawsInfluenceChildhoodTasteApproachYour Children Author:Brett Ratner
“True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.” AgePoetryArtistChildhoodPoetOld AgeGreat ArtGreat Artist Author:Sophie Swetchine
“We [me and my husband] both had our things. Seth was the artist, I was the singer. We were like "You do your thing, I'll do my thing and never the two shall meet." I think we had a healthy competition going through our childhood. But I sort of left the funny stuff to him, I said "You're the comedian, you're the jokester, you do that I'll be the more serious one." You need that kind of balance in the family.” ThinkingNeedsKindSaidTwoArtistLeftStuffChildhoodSeriousLike YouBalanceHealthyHusbandOur ChildrenCompetitionSingersComedianMy HusbandFunny StuffHealthy Competition Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds.” LittlesArtArtistInterestChildhoodPaintingBirdSouthRaisedLocalsMuseumsMinorsCarolinaSouth CarolinaCharlestonCharleston South Carolina Author:Jasper Johns
“I think from my earliest childhood, I liked to tell stories, put on plays and write things. It's funny to think of it as an "artistic bug" because I didn't necessarily want to be an artist. It's just who I was and how I communicate.” ThinkingWantWritingPlayStoriesArtistChildhoodCommunicateArtisticBugs Author:Zoe Kazan
“But when I realized it was actually going to be this portrait of the artist, birth to death, I had to then discover who Margaret as a young woman would be. I had to find the different voices for her throughout her life. I had a lot of fun discovering that. I had a lot of fun writing the childhood sections. By imagining her childhood, I was able to come up with this voice that matures as she gets older.” WritingDifferentWould BeAbleYoungArtistFunVoiceChildhoodBirthCome UpI RealizedDiscoveringYoung WomenPortraitsSectionsDifferent Voices Author:Danielle Dutton
“But Stacie Orrico was my childhood hero. I was about 12 when I found her music. She is a contemporary Christian artist, and I can honestly tell you that I don't think I'd have a soulful voice if I didn't listen to Stacie. I wanted to sound just like her growing up, and to this day I STILL think I sound a little bit like her. But she is AMAZING!” IfsThinkingLittlesStillsI CanWantedChristianArtistFoundBitsSoundVoiceGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodHeroLittle BitHonestlyContemporaryThis DayLike HerSoulfulContemporary Christian Author:Christina Grimmie
“In my journey to becoming an artist who writes, I tend to start my idea process with simple, concrete messages that relate to what kids may be experiencing as they navigate through childhood and adolescence putting together building blocks of the foundations on which they will become adults.” WritingMayIdeasKidsTogetherArtistProcessSimpleJourneyChildhoodBuildingBecomingMessagesAdultsFoundationBlockRelateConcreteAdolescenceNavigateMy JourneyBuilding Blocks Author:Floyd Cooper
“Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction. Everybody’s an artist. Unfortunately we don’t treat them as such.” ArtistChildhoodIndividualityPreparation Author:Frank Gehry
“I'm a huge fan of Tupac. I'm from Chicago and his music helped me kind of get through that phase of my childhood, my teenage years. He was one of the biggest artists of all time and his music got me through just day to day life. He was a key to our generation and culture and he still is, even after his passing.” KindArtistCultureChildhoodAll TimeTeenageTeenage Years Author:Cory Hardrict
“Most artists probably feel lonely or set apart in childhood. But they grow up and find people who share their interests.” PeopleArtistInterestGrowing UpShareChildhoodLonelyFeeling Lonely Author:Deborah Solomon
“It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like.” ArtistRealizingChildhoodFatherhoodHindsight Author:Maya Lin
“Since childhood, it was my dream to go where all the poets and artists had been. Rimbaud, Artaud, Brancusi, Camus, Picasso, Bresson, Goddard, Jeanne Moreau, Juliette Greco, everybody - Paris for me was a Mecca.” DreamArtistChildhoodPoetParisMeccaArtaud Author:Patti Smith