Eva Zeisel Quotes

I am by trade a designer, and I did Fine Art for my degree.

I'm all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.

I'm an artist. So if acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'm probably going to go into graphic design or something like that.

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

If I hadn't gone into the theater, I would be a painter.

All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.

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

In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.

I was too practical to want to be a painter.

My parents were always supportive. They didn't say, 'Get a real job.' They believed in the arts, and they prepared me to be skilled. I'm lucky I can drop into these worlds - into a studio or onto a set or go on stage - and feel comfortable.

I really enjoy drawing, and I enjoy design, fashion design especially. If acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'd probably go into design.

I'm a painter first, and a musician second.

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

I was directing before I started doing 'The IT Crowd.' It wasn't something that led on after acting I guess. I was sort of doing this stuff before acting.

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.

As I very much liked to draw and paint as a child, I entered a special art program in high school, which was very much like being in an art school imbedded in a regular high school curriculum.

I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it.

I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.

I began drawing when I was nearly 3, and after finishing the sixth grade, I left school to paint and was tutored at home. My father didn't think a formal education was necessary for a painter.

I am lucky because I do fine art, and that is half of my living. And then illustration provides the other half.

I'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist.

I decided to stay in art and earn some money.

I used to draw a lot.

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

I think the problem is when people hear 'arts education,' they think, 'I don't want my son to be some painter that's going to be hanging in some museum after he dies. I don't want my daughter to be a struggling artist making no money.' People don't realize it's more than that. It's beautiful. It brings beauty to our lives.