Jamie Wyeth Quotes

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.

Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It's nothing I work real hard at doing.

I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first exposure to art.

I do quite a lot of art, with a small 'a'. I guess that is how I was dredged up, with paints and crayons. Even when I was at nursery, I knew instinctively how to mix colours, how to make purple or orange.

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.

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

My first artistic love was drawing and painting.

My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people.

It's funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent.

I'm constantly exposing myself to art and that inspires me.

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don't always find the time to do much these days.

I also paint and enjoy acrylic medium; some of my close friends have paintings I did for them.

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

But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a.

The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.

I am not an artist which is 'in.'

There were no museums or galleries in Shanghai, but I was very keen on art - I was always sketching and copying, and sometimes I think that my whole career as a writer has been the substitute work of an unfulfilled painter.

I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound.

I had tried painting, mostly to give myself a greater appreciation of the craft and to inform how I looked at paintings. That led to collaging some of the work I had done on paper, and I found myself mixing in found pieces as well.

I was raised to be some kind of artist.

The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.

I paint every day. I really have no hobbies. That's all I do.

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

I love to draw and paint - that's what makes me happy.

I went to art college. I like to be creative. I use food as my medium at the moment but it could easily be illustrations in the future, or something else.