Melvyn Bragg Quotes

As an artist, I've been very fortunate.

I've been working in sculpture and painting since 1920.

My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.

In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.

My father was a professional artist all his life who encouraged my path as an artist.

There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.

I feel like I'm one of the more creative artists in the game. I think I'm going to be here for a while.

I always feel like it is a privilege to be able to be an artist and to be able to exhibit my work all over the world.

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.

My heart is in television, just because it's been so good to me.

If I can be doing something in the arts till the day I die. I would be very, very happy.

This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky.

I'm so thankful that I've had such a long and uninterrupted [knocks wood] career... I count my blessings every day for that because it was so fulfilling.

Like all actors, after every job, I think, 'Well, that's the last one, and I'd better think about doing something else.' But I've been so very lucky, and I've managed to keep going for a long time. It's just the way the cookie crumbles, and it's crumbled pretty well for me. I appreciate it, and I realise how lucky I am.

I've been really fortunate to be associated with all these great shows.

Finding yourself on a show that's appreciated by its intended audience is a very rare and lucky thing, so when you win the lottery like that, you don't want to rush its conclusion; you want to keep it going as long as you can.

I've been really, really fortunate to get some fantastic opportunities on Broadway, and I cherish all of them.

I'm very lucky and very fortunate to have survived and to still be working after 45 years.

I just wanna be a good artist.

I've been a pretty lucky man.

I am very proud of my career and that I've the health, thank God, to continue doing this for so long.

For me, this profession is about having a career where you can go on working for 60 years, so I'm not particularly bothered by things to do with fame; I like to think that I just do what I do.

Who knew that being an artist was a glamour job?

It's a pleasure. We are lucky guys to be there in front of the millions and millions watching us.

One of the expectations growing up was that I'd become a well-known artist.