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I came out of the womb drawing on everything; I used to draw on my mother's white furniture and her white walls with her red lipstick and my pencils. Little did she know that would later materialize into me doing what I do now - I'm a painter as well and a micromechanical engineer.

— Aldis Hodge

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've been painting and making things since I was little.

— Jemima Kirke

I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first exposure to art.

— Sigmar Polke

I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I loved painting and drawing for many reasons. One of them was that all it really required was me, a pencil and a pad. It was something I was passionate about, and still am.

— Danny Huston

When I was young, I didn't want to do traditional painting and calligraphy. I deliberately wanted to separate from my father so I could feel I existed myself.

— Cai Guo-Qiang

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

— Edi Rama

I have drawn my whole life. My parents were in the tapestry restoration business, and as a young girl, I would draw in the missing parts of the tapestry that needed to be rewoven.

— Louise Bourgeois

People ask me, 'What happened in your life that might have pushed you as an artist to get to where you are today?' I always felt a little on the outside. And as such, you're always observing things. So, I'd be kind of re-creating these things in my mind, and I think drawing it was a way to deal with that.

— Jim Lee

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing.

— Russell Banks

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.

— Alexander McQueen