Creative Mess Lover Gifts

Abstract artist scolding his son for spilling paint.

'It's called 'Oh Bugger It!' if you must know!'

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

"There's something about ripping the stuffing out of a toy that turns me into a wild dog. I'm afraid I actually like that feeling."

'No. The television screen hasn't gone red - You've got tomato ketchup all over your glasses!'

'I'm just exercising my first amendment rights.'

'Look, Dad, I made a pair of boots out of your chest waders.'

Child Being Dirty in the Bath.

Jackson Pollock as a child

College student cleans messy dorm room littered with clothes with leafsnow blower

"Jackson Pollock's diaper"

Instant art

'...now pour the mixture into a baking dish...'

'Hows it coming?'

"And I suppose cleaning up after yourself just once would in some way stifle your precious creativity."

"Perhaps it was wrong to say 'May our company become a home to you'..."

A Cartoonist's and a Sculptor's File Cabinets.

Falling for art

"Bird of paradise, my ass."

"Have some respect for my learning style."

'Don't track mud in the house! 'IT'S NOT MUD! IT'S DOG POO!'

'I'm all about quantity.'

'What do you expect Marjorie, I am a grub.'

'Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but with Jimmy it's next to impossible.'

Kid sweeps dirt under his junk on the floor.

'You should apply for government relief. Your room is a disaster area!'

"Too busy."

"One checker, two packs of cigarettes, two screws, one teapot bird, one piece of coal, three lighters, one Christmas light, one clove of garlic, four boxes of matches, two books, three pieces of broken dish, eggshells, one saltshaker peg, one pen, one cre

Paint fight art!

'Oh, I know I get an allowance for cleaning up my room, but I'm on vacation this week.'

"Dear Ask Sadie, My mom is always nagging me to clean my room. I don't see why I should have to. I like it the way it is. I don't nag at her for having a clean room, because I know that's how she likes it. How can I get her to just let me be?" "Excellent question. The thing is, it's your mother's job to shape you into a respectable person." "If you think 'being you' includes being dirty, that means you're a dirty, slovenly filth-beast..." "...who will end up alone and miserable because no liv

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