Gabriel Basso Quotes

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.

Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second career because of my success in the movies.

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.

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?

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

I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.

The only people left in America who seem not to be artists are illustrators.

I was too practical to want to be a painter.

I am not an artist which is 'in.'

I was always interested in art at school, and after year twelve, senior year, I spent three years studying graphic design at college. I worked in advertising for two years but didn't like it much, then began doing a bit of illustration work for various publishers.

I am a freelance artiste.

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.

Art is not what most people think it to be. It is not an occupation of one-railed people.

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

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.

The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.

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.

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

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

I studied graphic design originally. I used to like drawing, and I was quite into technical drawing. I was always interested in the visual medium, but I thought I was going to be an architect or something like that, but it's quite a lonely job.

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

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

Acting is secondary - I don't feel like it's going to stick around because it's not something I want to do forever. My art has always been my top priority and I have far more experience in that field than I do in film.