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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.

I wanted to be a painter.

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.

When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.

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

When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.

I grew up wanting to be a painter and paint pictures.

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.

From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out what I really meant was I was someone who was very interested in watching the world and making copies of it.