Gerhard Richter Quotes

I'm still very sure that painting is one of the most basic human capacities, like dancing and singing, that make sense, that stay with us, as something human.

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

I've always loved painting and drawing. I wish I'd developed it more and exhibited.

I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.

At 18 I began painting steadily fulltime and at age 20 had my first New York show at the Macbeth Gallery.

Art was a way of life in my family. My grandfather, N.C. Wyeth, who died a year before I was born, had been a prominent painter. So was my father, Andrew. My two aunts and two of my uncles also earned a living as painters.

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 am a creative person. I like painting, singing, dancing, etc.

Art was always my thing. I had an art scholarship before I had a football scholarship. I'm a left-handed, right-brained, painting-drawing guy. That was always my skill.

Well, I really don't want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I'm really passionate about painting.

I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing.

I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.

My first artistic love was drawing and painting.

Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. It's the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe.

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

I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.

Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.

I enjoy painting and can copy almost anything.

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 didn't do so well in the academic world, so I think the only way I could express myself was through visual art - anything I could get my hands on, whether it was glassblowing, sculpture, painting, or photography. I always wanted to be a painter. Or a farmer.

I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling.

I love visual art. I painted for many years when I was younger. I have studied modern/contemporary Indian art a bit and am very impressed with the talent in India.

Few people know that I am also an artist; I truly enjoy sketching and drawing.

Except for me, no one in my family could draw.

I'm very passionate about art, music, drawing, acting, so I'd like to have the chance to get the larger choice regarding acting.