Phil Foglio Quotes

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

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.

By the time I was a teenager, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I was a born draftsman and liked all forms of art, so I just knew that's what I wanted to do.

When I was in high school, I thought I might be an artist. I was very good at drawing and painting.

I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.

I was raised to be some kind of artist.

I went to Princeton High School when I was very serious about being an artist.

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

Going through the Chagrin Falls school system, I always thought I was going off to art school.

I started making art during high school but thought I lacked the talent to become a true artist.

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

Kanye is a student of art. He's an art-school-dropout type of kid that will talk about art till the cows come home.

I knew my focus was going to be somewhere in the arts. I've always painted. I've always sung. I didn't know when or how it was going to happen - or what it was going to be.

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

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.

I was a commercial artist when I left school, but luckily I became an actor. I've painted for many, many years. Now the last few years it's gotten more serious.

Until I began to learn to draw, I was never much interested in looking at art.

As an artist, I've been very fortunate.

I knew I wanted to be an artist at age 5 or 6. I always drew. At 8, I was permitted to study.

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

I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.

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

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.

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.