Lisa Frank Quotes

I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.

Ever since I was a kid, I might have been eleven or twelve. I'd be telling anyone who would listen that when I grew up, I wanted to be an artist.

When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher.

And I had worked at the comic-book store almost by accident, because I was deciding to make a living as an artist, be it as an art tutor or illustrator, and that's how I wanted to make my living.

By the time I was a teenager, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I was a born draftsman and liked all forms of art, so I just knew that's what I wanted to do.

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

I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.

I am a freelance artiste.

I have become an employee of art.

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 had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.

I was a commercial artist when I left school, but luckily I became an actor. I've painted for many, many years. Now the last few years it's gotten more serious.

I wanted to be an artist, because it's a much better scam than being an architect.

I would have been a visual artist. When I was in high school, that was one of the things... I had to make a decision what I was going to go to college for, and at the time, I also painted and sculpted. I got more attention for my performing, so I thought that was a better idea.

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.

I think I always knew that I would do something with art because it was the one thing that I knew I was really good at.

I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am.

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

I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started to make that a reality. I just knew that this was my destiny.

I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way.

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

I wanted to become an illustrator as a child.

If I wasn't an actress I'd definitely want to do something in the arts and something that was very creative.