Max Cannon Quotes

Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.

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

I originally just wanted to be an artist.

Seven days a week, I'm always drawing, doodling, or painting, whether I'm in the studio or on a plane.

I've always loved painting and drawing. I wish I'd developed it more and exhibited.

One of my first dreams when I was a child was becoming a painter.

My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I've taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my novel that I wrote not too long ago, 'The Hornet's Nest,' I painted the cover picture for it and I do a good bit of painting now.

I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.

I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it.

I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.

I didn't have any real idea that I was going to be an artist; I had no idea what that meant.

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

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don't always find the time to do much these days.

I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.

As long as I can remember, I was drawing or trying to create something.

I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician.

If I had a place with a studio where I could paint I'd be happy.

I never thought about doing anything other than making art.

In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.

I love an art-school girl. I mean... don't we all?

When I was in high school, I thought I might be an artist. I was very good at drawing and painting.

There were no museums or galleries in Shanghai, but I was very keen on art - I was always sketching and copying, and sometimes I think that my whole career as a writer has been the substitute work of an unfulfilled painter.

You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.

I've never said, 'I live for art.'

When I was quite young, I dreamed of being a painter.