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That was a wonderful period in my life. I mean, I didn't become an artist, but somebody let me do something I loved. What a luxury, to do something you love to do.

— Amy Tan

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.

— Maya Lin

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time.

— David Bowie

To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.

— Anchee Min

In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.

— Edi Rama

My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.

— Gary Hume

I just wanted to be an artist. I didn't care how or what; I just wanted to express my artistic integrity, and I wanted the world to have a vision of what I was seeing in my mind.

— Rita Ora

My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.

— Kurt Cobain

I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.

— Lana Del Rey

✗Opposing Perspectives

I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.

— Claire Bloom

I was always artistic - right from childhood - but my love of painting came a bit later. It followed my love of music.

— Sean Scully