“When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be constructed from lots of other paintings underneath. Some of these individual layers of painting were better than others, but that was something that you would often only realise retrospectively.” ThinkingArtSchoolIndividualPaintingFinishedPainterRealisingLayersOften IsArt School Author:Chris Ofili
“I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college.” SchoolAmericaBornCollegeHigh SchoolMovedFinishedNigeriaIndiana Author:Dayo Okeniyi
“Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.” SchoolEducationHigh SchoolHollywoodFinishedTattoo Author:Tom Petty
“I took six months off, finished high school, and hung out with friends.” SchoolMonthsSixHigh SchoolFinishedHungSix Months Author:Devon Sawa
“We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.” CountryMatterSchoolGrowing UpKnowingGrowingCircumstancesNo Matter WhatFinishedGet UpMainstream Author:Donna Shalala
“The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.” WantWellsChildrenWould BeRunningKidsSchoolLastsMiddleDadFinishedHeyMy ChildrenUpsetWeekendPacksEmbarrassedFifthYour Dad Author:Dan Wheldon
“I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps.” HomeSchoolNightStepsBreakCollegeMomDadNewsHigh SchoolMovedMy MomFinishedEvery NightMusic BusinessNashvilleMom And DadSmall Steps Author:Trisha Yearwood
“Writing is not something you can do or you can't. It's not even something that 'other people do' or 'for smart people only' or even 'for people who finished school and went to University'. Nonsense. Anyone can do it. But no-one can do it straight off the bat. Like plastering, brain surgery or assembling truck engines, you have to do a bit of training - get your hands dirty - and make some mistakes.” PeopleWritingHandsSchoolBitsCan DoMistakeBrainSmartTrainingUniversityFinishedDirtyNonsenseEnginesBatsSurgeryTruckSmart PeopleAssemblingBrain SurgeryFinished School Author:Jasper Fforde
“I was always made to work at a very early age. I finished school at 4 P.M. and by 5 P.M. I was working. It was seven days a week.” MadeAgeSchoolWeekSevenFinishedWorking ItSeven DaysFinished School Author:Albert Gubay
“I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design.” SchoolDesignHigh SchoolFinishedIslandsRhode Island Author:Stephen Sprouse
“Death from this life is just graduation from this grade. It's our release, our graduation, our promotion. School is out! We've finished our schooling in this grade and we pass on to the next grade.” SchoolLife IsNextFinishedReleaseThis LifeGradesHeavenlyPromotionSchooling Author:David Berg
“Today, 8 million adult Americans, more than the entire population of Michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. Nearly 20 million have not finished 8 years of school. Nearly 54 million - more than one-quarter of all America - have not even finished high school.” YearsTodaySchoolAmericaEducationMillionsHigh SchoolAdultsPopulationFinishedQuartersMichigan Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“It is then, we say, in the successive stages of his experience, that the believer sees more distinctly, and adores more profoundly, and grasps more firmly, the finished righteousness of Christ. And what is the school in which he learns his nothingness, his poverty, his utter destitution? The school of deep and sanctified affliction. In no other school is it learned, and under no other teacher but God. Here his high thoughts are brought low, and the Lord alone is exalted.” SchoolChristLordPovertyTeacherStageLowsFinishedBelieverRighteousnessNothingnessAdoreAfflictionExalted Author:Octavius Winslow
“It can take a long time for some people to find out how to ground themselves, and film sets are an odd atmosphere to do it in - especially if, like me, you finished school early.” PeopleIfsLongSchoolFilmLong TimeFinishedLike MeAtmosphereOddFilm SetFinished School Author:Jonathan Rhys Meyers