Joni Mitchell Quotes

My mother was willing to support art as a summer program for me. She never supported it as a career decision until I won the National Gallery Portrait Competition.

Some people said, 'Oh you're going to become a fine artist now and do exhibits and stuff.' But I have no desire to do that. I really like design and I'm going to stay with it.

Artists don't compare themselves to each other based on money. Nobody really knows what money other artists have. They don't care that much. The measure is the work and how you think your work is perceived. How the museums are. How you are doing.

The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for.

The art industry is a totally different world, and to be appreciated in that different world is what matters to me.

To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life.

I love art. My sister is an artist and my mother is a painter, so it is very much in the family. I haven't ever wanted to be a fine artist myself - my sister robbed me of my artistic talent, I think.

There are a lot of people who can now see me as an artist for the first time.

I have had an interest in art since childhood. I loved to draw as a child and still do.

Every time I've crossed to a new level of film acting, the film has been a breakthrough project.

I am interested in the art. I'm a professional woman.

I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.

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

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

I get asked sometimes 'What's the highlight of my career?' because I've been doing it for so long, and I always have a hard time coming up with something, because so many good things have happened.

Years down the line, I became a food stylist.

I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist.

I've lived my career backwards - I started off huge and I've got smaller and more personal, and I'm much more comfortable now.

The one guiding principle over my 23-year career in TV has been as long as I'm having fun, I really don't care what the job title is.

I was certain when I was about 10 years old that I was going to be a special effects artist or a make-up man. I loved that stuff and pursued it for quite some time, actually.

I decided to stay in art and earn some money.

Now, I am perfectly willing to just enjoy my career by choosing roles simply because I consider them to be a challenge and doing the best possible job I can.

I feel like I had a great career in a way. Maybe not the most successful monetarily or in other ways, but creatively, I feel incredibly fortunate.

I'm delighted with how my career unfolded.

I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.