Aspiring Pianist Mugs

"Kid, you're going to have to make a choice."

"I would like a tube of lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue, ivory, black, and zinc white, a sixteen-by-twenty canvas, a couple of brushes, and that book 'Painting in Oils'."

'You're doing a play in kindergarten?'

"I'm gonna be a 'New Yorker' cartoonist. You're not supposed to understand it."

"Oh, don't mind that, it's just my body of unseen work."

"My wife has always encouraged me... ...to quit this stupid dream and get a real job." ... "You have a wife?"

'Miss Donahue would give him an F.'

'I really wanted to only take accounting courses, but my parents made me take this cartooning class so I would have something to fall back on.'

Children's Imagination

"Obviously, I can't fly like you, but if you teach me, I can probably sing like you..."

"I'm astounded that your dog is channeling Eubie Blake! Has he never heard of Elton John?"

Brian, I hope you're taking this seriously.

'I couldn't practice last night on account of my Dad's head was gonna' explode.'

"If I had it all to do over again, I would have liked to be the King of Swing."

"Tip my boy."

"I've made a fortune as a successful artist! I couldn't see this happening if I became a soldier or a worker..."

All our servers are locally caught from a sustainable source — the actors' academy across the street.

Edvard Grieg.

"That'll be the day!"

"She gets her musical ability from me."

"First let me say that your father and I really, really wanted to like your performance."

'Oh Rats! I can't be creative with a box of flat crayons!'

'Today's unwilling nude model is Ralph.'

'Nothing doing folks, except ? surprise, surprise ? here's another for you, Desert Island Bloke.'

'I need to practice painting the human figure, MOM! Models cost money!"

'Good lick with your future acting career. And just to give you an idea of how tough it is out there, here's a copy of 'Withnail and I'. The uncut version.'

"I owe my success to him. I figured, if he can make it, so can I."

'I'm playing a crowd member in the Easter pageant. I was going to play Pilate 'til I found out I'd have to wash my hands.'

"I've been an emerging artist for ten years now..."

'I think I see why you're progressing slowly in music.'

"Keep it up Kevin, you're really improving."

"This next one goes out to everyone who wishes I were Bobby Short."

'Can he play anything else besides 'Kitten on the Keys'?'

"If you wish to see your artwork displayed, don't forget your bio."