Milo Ventimiglia Quotes

I could never even entertain the notion that it's an option, to not be an artist.

I never thought about doing anything other than making art.

When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven and nothing could stop me.

Before I reached 10 years old, I knew I was going to be an artist.

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

Artists were always referred to as great artists. I thought that's what the profession was. One word: great-artist. There wasn't one moment in my life when I thought I wanted to be anything else.

I originally just wanted to be an artist.

By the time I was 12, I had decided to be an artist.

No one really had to encourage me to become an artist; it was just something I knew I had to do. I was drawn to things that seemed impossible.

Only be an artist if you have no choice!

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.

I don't paint to live, I live to paint.

I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was told that I couldn't be an art teacher unless I became an artist first.

I've never said, 'I live for art.'

I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I didn't realize that seeing the country was going to inspire me to further explore that... but that's what it did.

I want to work in art forever.

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

I really want to continue doing art. I would love to go back to doing paintings one day.

As an artist, you find at different times you want to do different things.

When it comes to art, you just need to be focused on doing a great thing. Not thinking all about the business.

I didn't have any real idea that I was going to be an artist; I had no idea what that meant.

Me wanting to be an artist never really faded away. I knew that no matter what else I tried to pursue, my passion was always that.

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

To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.