Graeme Base Quotes

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

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

The boyhood dream of becoming a painter stays important to me.

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

I wanted to become an illustrator as a child.

Before I reached 10 years old, I knew I was going to be an artist.

I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.

I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I had an idea I wanted to be a cartoonist - or something that involved Indian ink, at any rate.

My dream since I was a kid was to show in a gallery.

When I heard that there were artists, I wished I could some time be one. If I could only make a rose bloom on paper, I thought I should be happy! Or if I could at last succeed in drawing the outline of winter-stripped boughs as I saw them against the sky, it seemed to me that I should be willing to spend years in trying.

I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip on me.

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

I think when I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist.

I originally just wanted to be an artist.

I painted from the time I was five years old. I was going to be a painter, an actor, a director, and a writer.

I think of me being a painter eventually.

When I was really young, I was convinced I wanted to be a visual artist. I would paint and draw and make crafts.

I am a freelance artiste.

I always wanted to be an artist. I always knew that I wanted to paint, or dance, or sing, or act, or write.

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

After my schooling, I was not thrilled by the idea of treading the usual doctor-engineer line. I wanted to pursue something artistic, and I was good at drawing. The options before me were architecture, fashion, and interior designing.

I think my original ambition was to be an artist.

Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.

One day I would like to have my own art show.

I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.