If the newspapers cut me up so much that I shall not venture before the world again, I have resolved to become a house painter; that would be as easy as anything else, and I should, at any rate, still be an artist!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I wanted to be a painter.
I tried to be a house painter, but I couldn't stand all that paint all over me.
I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of my work.
I grew up wanting to be a painter and paint pictures.
I'm a painter, really. To be successful, you have to go to Hollywood, and I didn't like to travel.
I always wanted to be a painter. I loved painting. I went on three different art courses but had no talent whatsoever.
When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.
I was too practical to want to be a painter.
I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang.
I will be a historical painter.