Budding Performer Gifts

"Of course, now I'm just a class clown, but eventually I'd like my own sitcom."

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

'Book reports don't have to have theme songs, Kevin.'

'How do you expect me to fine tune my act if you keep taking me to the principal's office?

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

'I love your playing....especially when you stop!'

Child drawing fish from life by putting his head in a pond.

Double Bass

Four children playing the flute.

'My 'What I Did Over The Weekend' report is about my hunting a 17,000 pound moose, deep inside Canada.Some or all of this report has been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.'

'With my parents out of the house, I can finally start my long awaited mural project.'

" 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation,' a treatment by Todd Mozelle, Grade Three."

"Mom, Mom, watch me!"

'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit, today, sir - a ream of paper and a half-dozen pencils.'

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

"Someday you'll see my work in the employee break room at the Met."

'Do I have to be creative?'

Timpani.

Mum has a bad judgement day - Well OK, you can take it to your room as long as you play it quietly.

Children playing football.

Creative Baby.

"I was finishing my homework in the shower to save time!"

"Gracie, I'm proud of you. Your team lost, but you tried your best and that's all that counts."

'All good things must come to an end.'

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

'Look. Billy Curry did a nude!'

No animals were harmed during the writing of this book report....

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

Jackson Pollock as a child

Teacher to student: 'Nice use of glitter, but you were assigned to do math problems.'

'I'm not sure if he plays that loud because he has a good set of lungs or if it's a mean streak in him.'

Michelangelo painting with watercolors as a child.

"Is there a problem officer?"