It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was too practical to want to be a painter.
I wanted to be a painter when I was a kid. And then, I had to make a living. I had a child when I was in high school, so I kind of had that work phase in my life.
When I was in high school, I was going to be a painter because I had a facility for painting. I could do it, but I didn't have anything to say in that medium.
I always wanted to be a painter. I loved painting. I went on three different art courses but had no talent whatsoever.
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.
When I was quite young, I dreamed of being a painter.
I grew up wanting to be a painter and paint pictures.
I wanted to be a painter.
When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.
I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip on me.