Tom Seaver Quotes

I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it.

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being like Vincent Van Gogh Jr.

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.

What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

I was a pretty alert kid, and I, you know, I was very interested in arts.

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically.

There's an audience for all kinds of great art.

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

I think that's why I became good at art. It was something that I could do that I could be really proud of.

All my siblings became artists. One's a novelist, my brother is a painter, my sister was a costume designer.

I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to be, because my heroes were Goya and Francis Bacon.

I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits.

I think it's great when girls are artistic.

I suppose I just like being arty. That's all. Arty.

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

Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.

I was too practical to want to be a painter.

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.

I majored in industrial design/painting, but haven't had time to exercise that creativity.

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

I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.

I've been painting and making things since I was little.

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

I do greatly admire Australian artists.