Artistic Imaginer Gifts

'Drawbridge ahead'

CLOTHES-HORSES OF THE ART SCENE

The Map of the human brain

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

'I imagine you'll be asking for a full refund.'

'I have a feeling one day when he grows up he'll be an artist of some kind.'

"Listen, pal, I’m not seeing a ‘giant squirrel eating a rib-eye steak.’"

Another Turning Point in History. Oh, the heck with it -- I'll never get these antlers right. Mickey Moose.

'My first camera'

School of Art & Design. Looks like they're putting up an addition.

"I like it, honey ... it speaks to what a waste of time your MFA was."

The world's most unemployable family

"Have you give any thought to my suggestion about a sculpture that's just a chubby kid constantly peeing."

Like many kids, Bobby had an imaginary friend. Unfortunately for Bobby, he was a critic.

"Great money scenes!"

"Sorry, you're not cut out to be a mime artist."

Trainset

'Don't be hard on the boy, dear, I'm sure that Van Gogh's first sunflowers weren't so hot.'

'Sure, I cam up with fire, and the wheel, but you're only as good as your last idea.'

Artistic Licence.

'All of my paints dried up in their tubes, so I decided to quit painting and become a sculptor.'

Artistic license.

"Someday, son, all this will be in the cartoonist’s flat file."

An artist creates a sculpture of a "thumbs up" and is then crushed by it.

"Is this Haiku poopery?"

'Have you ever thought about doing a children's book?'

"Bobby Linderman - now, there's a doctor."

"Don't worry. Mum and Dad think I'm just talking to my invisible friend."

"Would you turn off the invisible fence? My invisible friend can't get in to play."

"Take us to Lady Gaga."

"Where do you see yourself in the next twenty minutes at 375 degrees."

Al, I hear that only one out of 100 art school graduates goes on to make a living in art. That's where I was smart, Axel: I flunked out!

'I thought I could dance...'

"Woulda looked cool with a beer in his hand, though." Michelangelo's cousin, Michelobelo

Some rejected prototypes from Madonna's bra lab.