I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.
I always knew that I was an artist. I never expected to be able to make a living.
I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.
I grew up with artists.
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.
I'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style.
I think, even when I was little, there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist. My first exploration through art was really through music - I've trained classically with piano for about ten years.
My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.
I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.
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.