“My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people.” PeopleArtistCreativeMomPhotographerMy MomPainterGrandfatherMy GrandfatherCreative People Author:Dylan Lauren
“My mom is an artist and my own fiction is deeply visual.” ArtistMy OwnFictionMomMy MomVisuals Author:Jeff VanderMeer
“If it weren't for Criminal Records, Wax-n-facts and other indie record stores I could have only sold my CD's at my shows and by mail order as an independent artist. The greatest stores that have character and include a much wider range of music of music are all independent, mom and pop stores.” IfsCharacterFactsShowsArtistOrderRecordsMomIndependentPopsStoresCriminalsRangeMailCdsRecord Stores Author:Shawn Mullins
“For Christian faith not to be idle in the world, the work of doctors and garbage collectors, business executives and artists, stay-at-home moms or dads and scientists needs to be inserted into Gods story with the world. That story needs to provide the most basic rules by which the game in all these spheres is played.” WorldNeedsStoriesHomeChristianArtistGamesMomDadDoctorsScientistExecutivesSpheresIdleGarbageCollectorsChristian FaithStay At HomeStay At Home Mom Author:Miroslav Volf
“I come from a visual background, and I grew up around a lot of hippies and artists. My mom and my brother and I moved around a lot. We basically moved every couple of years, and I went to a lot of different schools. But creativity, for us, was always a way of life. It was never a job. Being an artist was a passion and a way of life.” WayYearsDifferentSchoolJobsArtistPassionCreativityBrotherGrewMomCoupleGrew UpMovedMy MomBackgroundsMy BrotherVisualsHippieBeing An Artist Author:Jared Leto
“My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like Jack Hirschman.” ArtistParentGrewMomGrew UpMusicianSevenGuitarMy MomBonfireTalented Musicians Author:Amber Tamblyn
“I don't have an image of myself, when I'm walking down the street, like I'm a rock star or something. I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that but in the end I'm just a person. I really don't live like a rock star, economically or socially. I still live a pretty simple life beside the traveling aspect of it.” HumansPersonsStillsEndsPlayArtistStarsHuman BeingsSimpleStreetsRocksMomWalkingAspectGuitarElectricRock StarSimple LifeElectric Guitar Author:Patti Smith
“I always knew I was going to be an artist. It was a done deal right from when I was very little. It sounds like the dumbest thing ever, but my mom used to doodle when she was on the telephone and she made these - they weren't just little scribbles - these little shapes and forms. I don't know why she did it. I've never seen her do it again.” KnowsLittlesMadeDoneFormUsedArtistSoundDealsMomShapesMy MomTelephonesScribbles Author:Jeff Vespa
“I never stopped being a mother, and I never stopped being an artist. Which is probably why my kids are so creative. When I'm with my kids I'm creating but I'm still a mom. I don't wear two different hats. My kids have always been on the set with me. I was breastfeeding on set. None of my kids would take a bottle so they could not leave my side for a very long time.” LongStillsTwoDifferentKidsMotherArtistSidesCreativeMomCreatingLong TimeHatsBottlesBeing A MotherBeing An ArtistBreastfeeding Author:Jada Pinkett Smith
“Everything is starting to make a little more sense to me now. I love the idea that, first of all when I made the record I don't look at the music by classifying it. People have a problem classifying me as pop, or rock, or folk, or alt. The beauty for me is that a thirteen year old girl can fall in love with the record and so can her mom. I tend to gravitate towards artists that are timeless and don't sound dated.” PeopleYearsFirstsLooksLittlesMadeIdeasProblemArtistFallGirlSoundRecordsRocksMomFalling In LoveStartingFolksPopsTimelessThirteenThirteen Year OldsClassifying Author:Courtney Jaye
“Before my sister, Sara, and I went to bed at night, my mom would show us books on Manet and other artists. Even then I was always really interested in how the women looked in the images.” BookShowsArtistNightMomBedMy MomMy Sister Author:Erdem Moral?oglu
“My mother photographed Donald Judd in Marfa, Texas, right before he passed away. He was actually the first artist whose work I collected. I just loved the photographs that my mom had done of Donald Judd and the installations in Marfa.” FirstsDoneMotherArtistMomPhotographMy MomTexasPassed AwayInstallation Author:Owen Wilson
“I think I was born an artist. But the key is that I have a mom that encouraged and supported my artistic side. She still has the stick-figure drawings framed.” ThinkingStillsArtistSidesBornFiguresKeysMomSticksDrawingArtisticFramed Author:Julia Stiles
“My mom devotes so much of her time toward me. She's an artist, and my father is a doctor. I've been brought up in what you might call a pretty conventional family.” MightArtistFatherMomDoctorsMy MomConventional Author:Natalie Portman
“I did a film [about a con-artist mom and son] called Bringing Up Bobby that Famke Janssen wrote and directed. No one's gonna hire me for their [big-budget] romantic comedy, so it's up to me to look out for great indie comedies and show people a different side of myself - even if it's for three people outside of my family.” PeopleIfsLooksDifferentShowsBigsFilmArtistThreeSidesComedySonMomMy FamilyBudgetsDifferent SidesCon Artist Author:Milla Jovovich
“Dad and Mom were frustrated artists - Dad wanted to study engineering or architecture and Mom wanted to be an actress - but the world was a different place when they were young so Dad became a public works foreman and Mom became a stay-at-home mom. When I said I wanted to be a writer, they were thrilled. They did everything in their power to support me.” WorldSaidDifferentHomeWantedYoungArtistSupportStudyMomDadActressesArchitectureEngineeringFrustratedDifferent PlaceStay At HomeSupport MeStay At Home Mom Author:Eden Robinson
“Like, she had a caterer, she had wardrobe people, she had two makeup artists... I mean, we have makeup and we have wardrobe, but Felicia [Day] was, like, on it. She had two cameras operating, sets, extras everywhere. It was unbelievable. I don't know what her budget was or is, but she had sponsors for her show, and we don't have a sponsor yet, so basically, the difference is, our moms make our costumes.” PeopleKnowsMeanTwoShowsArtistDifferencesMomCamerasBudgetsExtrasMakeupCostumesUnbelievableWardrobeSponsorsMakeup Artist Author:Brent Spiner
“My dad was a doctor who worked at a jail. He was more like a jail administrator. My mom was a public school teacher. There's no artists in my family whatsoever. So I don't know how that got in my gene pool, but it did.” KnowsSchoolArtistKnow HowTeacherMomDadMy FamilyDoctorsMy DadMy MomJailPoolGenesPublic SchoolDoctor WhoSchool TeachersAdministrators Author:Dan Amboyer
“As much as I love being an artist, I love being a mom even more.” ArtistLove IsMomBeing A MomBeing An Artist Author:Beth Grant
“I take music really seriously. I haven't been doing this for too long, but I've been loving music for a long time. It wasn't really about other artists. I just wanted to do something more for me. I wanted to make a better life for my mom. I didn't have any way to take care of her, and I wanted to make a better way. Music was an outlet, so I went with it, and there you go.” LongCareArtistMomMy MomTake CareBetter Life Author:Trinidad James
“I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid.” YearsLittlesKidsYoungArtistPaintingGrewMomLessonsGrew UpMy MomPainterPianoLittle KidPiano LessonPlaying Piano Author:Mike Shinoda