Brush Bard Gifts

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

'No, Mr. Simmons, your MR images aren't in yet. We have older equipment, which takes a little longer to process.'

'How's everyone doing tonight - that is the question.'

The Proust of Twitter

'No thanks, I don't drink when I'm driving home a point about investing.'

Now may not be a good time,he just found out he's not going to live forever.

Artists of the wild west.

"This next one is a typical blues number about exceeding your data plan limit, cracking your ipad screen, and losing your new ear buds."

'Insofar as hard figures are still unavailable, our Mr.Rendleman has written a poem which explores the essence of the firm's situation.'

Cow writer.

"In every situation, an executive has to decide whether to lead by consensus, charisma or cattle prod. Trust me... it's not always this easy!"

"You'd like a book by Shakespeare? Certainly sir - which one. . .?"

'I miss the rarefied atmosphere of Mt. Olympus.'

Painter's Duel.

"Now this is a Francis Ford Coppola. We still haven't been here quite long enough to be drinkable ourselves."

'Figures can be misleading - So I've written a song which I think expresses the real story of the firms performance this quarter.'

"Renovating your bathroom?"

"I'll have the chicken or the eggs benedict—whichever of them comes first."

"I think that I shall never see a tree on which I wouldn't pee."

Executive MFA

'How did it go?' 'We had an exchange of views...I went in with my views and came out with hers!'

"My art dealer assured me people will think it's worth a lot mo is."re than it

"I saw the wariness in your eyes when you learned that I was plucked from academia to run this company, so I thought I'd allay your concerns by writing this sonnet."

"Langsford, will you please stop interjecting quotes from Kahlil Gibran?"

I wrote a poem about our failure to capture and secure the highway. It's called "The Road Not taken."

"To be or not to have been...no, that won't do. To be or not to be, that is the conundrum. Hmmm..."

'...when all at once I saw a bunch, a bunch of golden daffodils...no, it still doesn't sound right.'

"But the best thing about getting neutered, Gus, is that I'm finally able to focus on my novel-in-progress without any distractions!"

'Errors were made, things were said, people got hurt.'

"More sonnets and tragedies? You know the big money is in children's books, right Shakespeare?"

The British Hamlet ('Alas poor Yorick, I knew him ...I say 'knew', more of an acquaintance really ...')

Grange Hildegard.

If cows would write fairy tales...

"It's a novel about quarterly reports."

"Let me do all the singing."