Susan Vreeland
Related My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter. GYORGY LIGETI My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot. ALAN GARNER My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But... CLAIRE DENIS GAVIN DEGRAW When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that... LANCE BURTON Do you know what I remember? When [my father] read to me. Stupid things, dragons and heroes. He woul... AVELINE VALEN RICHELLE MEAD M. J. ROSE My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his dea... ALIKO DANGOTE I positioned with my rifle on a tripod and waited. Marc told me that two deer were about to come by ... JAY FRANCIS E.M. FORSTER The reason that he got a sitting with Washington was that his father was Charles Wilson Peale, a ver... FRED VOSS When I travel, I always take my Winsor & Newton watercolor kit, which is the size of a pack of c... SUSAN MINOT YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA ERIK ESTRADA ETHAN HAWKE I'm a thinker. That is what I do, in great depth and detail, every waking moment of the day. I like ... BRIAN HERBERT Unification of differences is power. SHESH NATH VERNWAL My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who... N. SCOTT MOMADAY I bring a copy of 'Dracula' with me wherever I go, the book. It's my favorite book in th... JACK REYNOR He had a gray face. As his sullen eyes, sunken into the shallow holes formed from years of suffering... KLUSTERFVK, BAMAFUK What if she was supposed to be a painter, but no one ever gave her a brush? ADI ALSAID I'm an outdoor painter painting from life. All of my paintings are oil paintings. They are character... WILLIAM NORTH How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS “Dance with me, blossom,” he coaxes, and when I hesitate, he reels me in with his magic... A.G. HOWARD My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father,... KELLI O'HARA I live in the house my great-grandfather moved to in 1865... I spent all my summers here as a kid ha... DONALD HALL NANETTE L. AVERY My dad's an artist, and my grandfather paints - he's not a painter; my grandfather's a b... BRETT DALTON His gaze swept her head to toe. “You’re wearing my colors, love.” He stalked forward and leane... REBECCA ZANETTI I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG RICHELLE MEAD My stepfather met my mother when I was seven years old, and he was a guitar player. So he caught me ... GEORGE BENSON Everything necessary to understand my grandfather lies between two stories: the story of the tiger�... TéA OBREHT After I brush on my moisturizer, I'll dip the same brush into foundation and mix it with the lot... BOBBI BROWN KRISTAN HIGGINS He was a little of both. I didn't know much in those days, because it was only my third film. I was ... ROBERT WISE BECCA FITZPATRICK FAY WRAY EMME ROLLINS Obedience is bondage, if God wants to be adored he should make himself more loving. LAURA WHITCOMB FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE My grandfather was a bit of a grouch. He did not want to visit with his grandchildren at work. JAMIE TROWBRIDGE ANNE FRANK He taught us with his actions as well as his words -- he taught the power of nonviolence for human d... WALT BLOMBERG HENRY B. EYRING I have a strong memory of the day I was told that my father had a weak heart and that he had to go t... ALAN J. HEEGER WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR. My dad was a voracious news consumer. I remember just sitting with my family all the time. I would s... DANA PERINO I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense ... IAN DUNBAR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If... HARRY HERSHFIELD TOMMY SHAW For me, my life is a journey. JAY ELECTRONICA When a child dies, a parent loses a part of themselves,” he said. “Your whole world ceases to ex... NICOLE WILLIAMS My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earl... RICK MOODY I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading a... MAL PEET DOVE CAMERON To be content, horse people need only a horse, or, lacking that, someone else who loves horses with ... ALLAN J. HAMILTON CHRISTINA ENGELA WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR. VERONICA ROTH MICKEY MANTLE If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; / Wha... BIBLE When I was a kid, dressing right and looking good was a priority. As I grew up, I just wanted to sta... RICKIE FOWLER AZZEDINE ALAIA DENIS VILLENEUVE If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California. ARMIE HAMMER I come from a family of teasers myself. My grandfather was from Liverpool, and he had a dry sense of... JEFF BRIDGES As is said about most writers, on the one hand, all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and... ELFRIEDE JELINEK EDEN HAZARD I was a hyperactive kid, and it took awhile for me to find the right teacher. My master was a Shaoli... DANIEL WU This man here has taught me so much, and he guided me through a lot of things. He was just special. EDDIE MURRAY WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN Only fools wait, and only tools bait. CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES STEPHEN KING VINCE CABLE I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with... JUAN GRIS FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS BECCA FITZPATRICK CHRIS ROCK DANIEL TAMMET As a boy, I remember my father telling me a bedtime story about the day my grandfather was decapitat... JUSTIN BIENVENUE It was a good weekend for Aaron. With one small mistake (Williams) was able to take advantage agains... ERIC STONE He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is th... GENE HILL GIADA DE LAURENTIIS When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Pica... JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD REGINA BRETT I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint ... JUAN GRIS PABLO PICASSO I couldn't wait to borrow his 'magic pencil' and try my own hand at drawing these comic-strip charac... HANK KETCHAM FREDRIK BACKMAN Closed eyes, heart not beating, but a living love. AVIS COREA WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR. One thing he taught me was how to throw on the run when I was young. He always had a good arm. DREW WEATHERFORD WILLIAM COWPER HENRY JAMES My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age o... SAID SAYRAFIEZADEH
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