Quote

I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

←Previous Next→

✓Similar Perspectives

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

— Chuck Berry

I love art and I think I was destined to end up in some aspect of the arts.

— Ken Baumann

I went to art school, and I wanted to be an artist since I was 5. I basically moved to New York to do art, and I just sort of fell into doing music at an early age.

— Kim Gordon

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

I knew I was artistic, and I wanted to do something in the arts.

— Marie-Chantal Claire

I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot, and that school's good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist.

— Jay Duplass

I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design.

— Len Wein

✗Opposing Perspectives

I always wanted to be a painter. I loved painting. I went on three different art courses but had no talent whatsoever.

— John Burnside

I love painting. I went to college in fine arts, and I still do it all the time.

— Jessalyn Gilsig

I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound.

— Peter Greenaway