Encouraging Artist Mugs

"It's bold! It's moving! It's inspired! But what is it?"

boy plugging leak in a barrel with his finger

"Mother, I think I'm good enough to exhibit on the living room walls now."

The signing of Ben Franklin's non-disclosure agreement.

"You're not a real fan. You're just dressed up like a slut for attention."

High Five

A Friend in Need.

Rodin's Irish Judge

'I take from this flood of faxes that your son is in art class.'

If this is how 3-year-olds see the world, it's no wonder they're always crying."

'Doing this was easy. Finding someone nuts enough to buy the crap - THAT'S art!'

'My right brain isn't working.'

Pavement Art.

Junk Art

'Sit!'

"You can over-encourage kids, you know."

"You paid 1000 words for this picture!?"

Tuba Music

'Hey, come on -- You've got to believe in yourself!'

"Mother! Have you seem my reds? My yellows? My, for god's sake, my blues??"

'He got a grant on the condition that he stop painting for a year.'

An artist paints a tree using a nude model.

'Well it was fine on the straight but when it hit the last curve the cartoonist lost his perspective!'

"This show was made possible by a grant from Grandma."

"You were wonderful at the Gardners' last night, Fred, when you turned on the charm."

"The department has run out of money..."

'It says, 'Like many of the greats, he was a brilliant self-publicist.'

Young British Artists exhibition - "And this magnificent piece is by Tim Noble, and that bird he hangs around with."

"We do a lot of amazing work bringing the arts to people who don't want the arts."

'Music Lesson, Please Help.'