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There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.

— Nathan Sawaya

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I am an artist who works with Lego.

— Nathan Sawaya

In my final year of law school, everything became real. Malaysian TV shows wanted me to perform big concerts. So, after graduating, I decided to go for it. I didn't think I'd be a good lawyer anyway.

— Yuna

I went to law school with a plan of going back home and practicing law to support my farming, and Dad said, 'There's just not room here for us.' So I took off to practice law and got involved in some politics, and the rest just moved on forward.

— Sam Brownback

Law became boring, but like every job I've done, it helped prepare me for a career in music.

— Estelle

People have said I can come off a little trial-lawyerish. I tell people I never actually became a lawyer, but I play one at City Hall.

— Christine Quinn

'The Art of the Brick' is an exhibition I've done where I've taken some works of art from art history and replicated them all out of Lego bricks.

— Nathan Sawaya

It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law.

— Ruben Blades

✗Opposing Perspectives

I enjoy practicing law too much to even contemplate retiring, but I often think about engaging in serious study of the history of art, of the intricacies of classical music. I could write a fugue, or perhaps learn to play the cello.

— Karen DeCrow

I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law.

— Shannon Miller

What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but it wasn't until I was practicing law that I really needed a creative outlet. I'd come home from long days at the office and draw, paint, and sculpt from clay, wire - even candy.

— Nathan Sawaya