A Quote by John Lithgow
I went to Princeton High School when I was very serious about being an artist.
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Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.
It feels kinda weird being back in a high school cause I haven't been in a high school for about a year. So um, it's kinda interesting coming back, and y'know seeing the lockers, with all the signs, the handmade signs, so being in high school again is a little bit strange but in a good way.
As I very much liked to draw and paint as a child, I entered a special art program in high school, which was very much like being in an art school imbedded in a regular high school curriculum.
I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.
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