“My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.” LittlesArtRunningInterestingCarMy FamilyGalleryFlashyArt GalleriesCornwallFlashy Cars Author:Sam Palladio
“It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design.” ArtWantedDesignMy FamilyMy SisterBalletCostumesSupportive Author:Christian Siriano
“Cigarettes are pretty much my worst vice, and I even stopped smoking for 20 years. I spend most of my free time with my family and working on art.” YearsArtWorstMy FamilyVicesSmokingCigaretteFree Time Author:David Lynch
“I love to draw, so I really want to go and study art. I've never done things for me. I've always done things for my career or for my family.” WantArtDoneCareersStudyDrawsMy Family Author:Milla Jovovich
“I would like to continue to make art by being able to do what I love and have that make it possible for me to support my family. I'd like to make people happy, show people a good time, and hopefully inspire some people.” PeopleArtShowsAbleSupportInspireMy FamilyHopefullyGood TimesMaking People Happy Author:Gerard Way
“I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide for my family and my art, and live comfortably and live well, then I'm good. And with my talent level and my skill level, I'll get there.” WellsLongArtI CanLevelsTalentSkillsMy FamilyRapStadiumsLive Well Author:Freddie Gibbs
“It's wonderful to make a lot of money, to be able to take care of my family, to have the facilities I have and really support the people the studio's involved with. But at the end of the day I'm quite simple as an artist-it's really about the power of art.” PeopleArtEndsCareAbleArtistSimpleSupportWonderfulInvolvedMy FamilyStudiosTake CareThe End Of The DayLots Of MoneyFacility Author:Jeff Koons
“I was born in St. Louis and lived in Pittsburgh for a bit, before my family moved to Nigeria, where they're from. We lived there for three or four years and came back to the States when I was about ten. I realised that I'd gone from place to place not fitting in. The thing that helped me fit in when moving around and not having a ton of friends was that I could make art. That was the through-line.” YearsArtStatesMovingThreeBitsBornLinesGoneFourFitTenMy FamilyMovedFour YearsRealisedFittingNigeriaPittsburghNot Fitting Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“I sometimes find that my family's emphasis on stories, characters, and art that appeals directly to children rather than over their heads to adults is not fully appreciated by parents who may have more narrowly adult concerns and agendas.” MayChildrenArtSometimesCharacterStoriesParentAdultsConcernMy FamilyAppealsAgendasEmphasisAppreciated Author:Mike Berenstain
“I always very much enjoyed arts and it was so central in my family, my mother was also an art teacher, as well as founding the Henson Company with my dad, there was a lot of art going on in our household.” WellsArtMotherCompanyTeacherDadMy FamilyMy DadEnjoyedHouseholdFoundingArt Teacher Author:Brian Henson
“I am tired, I want to go home. I want to continue my art work, I want to plant a garden, I want to walk in the forest, I want to walk in the fields, I just want to lie down on the grass and feel the sun against my skin. I want to be able to hold my family close to me and not have someone tell me time's up.” WantFeelsArtHomeAbleLyingWalksSunFieldsGardenMy FamilySkinsTiredPlantForestsGrass Author:Leonard Peltier
“Lots of things inspire me. My friends and my family, obviously. I really like to travel, so very inspired by traveling and meeting new people along the way. Also, music and the arts, like film and television. I like to read a lot too; that stuff inspires me.” PeopleWayArtFilmStuffTelevisionInspireMy FriendsMy FamilyMeetingsInspiredMeeting New PeopleFilm And TelevisionVery Inspired Author:Jessica McNamee
“Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.” YearsArtSchoolTeacherMembersHigh SchoolYears AgoMy FamilyCamerasFamily Members Author:Steven Sebring
“We're all gonna land, we don't have rocket packs that last forever. But these things that we love, these things that give us purpose, these moments along the way are our parachutes. So I feel very fortunate to have all of these. Art and my family are pretty much my biggest parachutes.” WayGivingFeelsArtMomentsLastsPurposeForeverLandMy FamilyFortunatePacksRocketsParachutes Author:Frank Iero
“I thought, oh, I'm going to be a painter. And eventually my family had moved near Chicago, and when I graduated from high school, I went to the Chicago Art Institute, and it was there that I thought, well, now I'm going to be a painter.” WellsArtSchoolHigh SchoolMy FamilyMovedPainterChicagoInstitute Author:Warren MacKenzie
“I knew that the world was a harsh place, and my family was a mess, and even though I danced as fast as I could, I did not feel welcome, did not feel the great Shalom. THIS WORLD WAS NEVER A GOOD MATCH FOR ME. But my belief was that there was a loving magical energy in the world - seen in Nature's beauty and awesomeness, my best girl and women friends, art, music.” WorldFeelsArtGirlBeliefEnergyThis WorldMy FamilyWelcomeMessHarshArt MusicAwesomenessNature's BeautyShalom Author:Anne Lamott
“Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom. I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business, which is where I am now.” ArtReasonHelpingActingFitMy FamilyModeling Author:Beverly Johnson
“I always wanted to play music, but my family was more interested in handing me paints and markers. Art was always my favorite subject in school, and I can remember staying up all night drawing as a small child. My expression via art was extremely strong as I grew and hasn't stopped.” ChildrenArtSchoolRememberNightStrongMy FamilyPaintMy FavoriteUp All Night Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Beauty was so heavily important in my family, something I had to contend with. All those experiences allow me to make what I'm making today. I grew up with that. There's a reason why I express that in my art. I'm trying to figure it out myself.” TryingArtImportantReasonTodayMy Family Author:Mickalene Thomas
“I love art more than anything in the world except for my family.” WorldArtMy Family Author:Sylvester Stallone
“Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.” IfsThinkingMenWorldYearsArtStillsRealHardFiveStreetsCrimeCircumstancesDrugTenDiseaseMy FamilyTwentiesMovedChinaRevengeMartial ArtsDevotedDealerTwenty FiveMonasteriesDrug DealersBeing BadWiping Out Author:Neal Stephenson
“We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped anything. I was terrified of unwittingly leaving behind a scrap of paper on which were written all my private desires and humiliations. The fact that no such scrap of paper existed, that I did not even keep a diary or write letters except bland, earnest, falsely cheerful ones to my family (We lost to St. Francis in soccer, but I think we’ll win our game this Saturday; we are working on self-portraits in art class, and the hardest part for me is the nose) never decreased my fear.” ThinkingWritingArtSelfFactsDesireGamesWinningLostBehindsClassWrittenPaperMy FamilyLettersLeavingHardestSoccerNosesChairsPortraitsTerrifiedSaturdayHumiliationCheerfulEarnestDiariesDecreaseScrapBlandSelf PortraitArt Class Book:Prep: a novel Source: Prep: a novel
“To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded my family everything we could possibly want. My wife and I then decided that we could use our wealth to make a difference. So we created the Broad Foundations to do four things: to improve urban public education, to support innovative scientific and medical research, to foster art appreciation for audiences worldwide and to support civic initiatives in Los Angeles.” WantMeanArtUseDifferencesWealthMoneyBusinessSupportAudienceFourWifeResearchMy FamilyDecidedFoundationAppreciationMy WifeMedicalEnjoyedMaking A DifferenceLos AngelesBroadsInitiativeBusiness SuccessUrbanInnovativeCivicsPublic EducationMedical ResearchArt Appreciation Author:Eli Broad