Josh Young Quotes

I was always interested in the arts as a child - drawing, painting, and piano - but acting became a favourite. I was a major theatre geek in high school - if I wasn't in the drama room at lunch rehearsing, I'd be in the art room finishing up some type of project.

I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.

I enjoy painting and can copy almost anything.

I was in more of the artsy crowd in high school.

I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing.

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

I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound.

I've always been a creative person, and I'd always wanted to paint, so I went to art school and began painting and sculpting.

If I hadn't done 'Harry Potter,' I would have gone and done years of art. I really do love it, and I'd love to write.

Back in third grade, they used to say, 'Take whatever talent you have and think of something you can do with it.' I liked to draw, but what could I do with it? Maybe I could be an art dealer - nah, can't see myself doing that. Maybe I could do commercial arts?

I really want to continue doing art. I would love to go back to doing paintings one day.

I paint. I have been painting since I was kid. If I hadn't gone into radio when I did, I probably would have come out of the Army, gone into the art business, and probably would have flopped because I'm not that great.

I'd just sort of gravitated toward the arts, and I had always loved music and really loved theater, even though I didn't want to act. For some reason, being in Kansas, you can either be a graphic artist or a visual artist, so I decided, 'I guess I'm going to be a painter.'

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

I am such a bloody talented guy. I might go into painting or something like that.

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

I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.

I've been painting and drawing and taking pictures as long as I've been writing music - and I've actually been drawing longer than I've been writing music.

My first artistic love was drawing and painting.

I can draw really well. And I like to paint. I'm a bit of an artist.

What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but it wasn't until I was practicing law that I really needed a creative outlet. I'd come home from long days at the office and draw, paint, and sculpt from clay, wire - even candy.

It's funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent.

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 always wanted to be a painter. I loved painting. I went on three different art courses but had no talent whatsoever.