Art Studio Dweller Gifts

'Did you know your fly was open?'

David Hockney

'Oh darn, I made a mistake!'

'It wasn't until Picasso realzed he was earning $2,856 per hour that he began painting all night.'

Symbolism for Artists

Artist

"I'll give you $5 for that shirt."

"I suffer for my art..."

Artist paints his thumb

"Hold still - almost done."

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

'I'll be late for dinner, dear. I'm up to my neck in paperwork.'

The Art Student.

Things-to-do-today: Daily workboxes piled up on desk.

"No, ma'am. I'm not sure what the difference is between being creative or just plain weird."

"I may not know much about art, but I do know what's suitable for framing."

City Boy.

'I just don't feel I'm getting anywhere.'

In case of emergency, break glass.

Jackson Pollock Studio

''A desk job.' That's what they called it at the interview.' 'Same here.' 'SHH!'

'I'm thinking of cutting my hours down to 24/7."

'It's your husband. The baby won't burp for him.'

"Quick! The ideas are hatching!"

"Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington should write a book about you!"

"This is Mr. Harrington, our mortgage nerd."

'Don't worry about the company's pension plan. The way we work you, you'll be lucky to live that long!'

"It was Saturday night. The clock on my office wall showed the time to be eleven-forty-five. There are times when a private eye does not necessarily feel like being a private eye. This was one of those times. The elevator door down the hall clanked open with a clank familiar to anyone on the fourth floor who had had an office on the fourth floor for as long as I had had an office on the fourth floor. Footsteps came down the darkened hall and stopped outside my door. They were the footsteps of a

"So, you want your owners to write you off and treat you more like their kid?"

"Move, Gary."

Businessman at a bar mad to look like desk. Bartender says: 'The usual, Mr. B?'

'I've noticed that no matter how busy you are, you are never too busy to stop an talk about how busy you are.'

'Bring me the Wimbish report and a short worm, Ms Perkins, no time for lunch today.'

Platitudes for the hopelessly realistic. When life gives you lemons, get a gift receipt.

Full work boxes: 'IN and MORE IN'.