Paintbrush Philosopher Mugs

The Bored Impressionist

"Is it me, or is Jasper Johns a genius?" "Über-genius, Larry. Über!"

Monkey-artist

"The raw material was all around me: That's how I got started as a sculptor..."

"I condensed my painting to the pure essence of the message. What helps me a lot is the fact that I've got nothing to say at all."

The Best Art Teacher in the World.

Jackson Pollock makes a mistake: 'Guess I'll have to start over.'

The Battle of the Pictures.

Oak Tree Painted in 1642

Painter's muse

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

"It's too academic."

'I like it.'

Cross section through the Art Virus.

The Thinker Thinks of Toilet Roll.

"I haven't seen their work before, I like their use of light!"

" 'Perceptual and kinetic art have an intertwined development that cannot be totally disentangled; nevertheless perceptual, optical, or "virtual" movement—which always exists in tension with factual immobility—is an experience of a different order.' "

Artist Painting Modern Art.

'But I've hardly got any brushes!'

Ezra Pound

'I think he's a minimalist.'

'I didn't get a grant.'

'It's another canvasser dear'

'I know a lot about art.. that's why I don't collect it.'

'You're making my job much harder.'

The Police Artist.

"We were already in this room—I remember that hideous Renoir."

An artists drinks alcohol while painting on a canvas.

"Well it's a lovely piece passed down to you by your father. How did he acquire it?"

God creates a square world.

Paint-By-Letters.

ARchie Smith cartoonist

"If all sculptures that are offensive to look at should be destroyed then how come the Tate Modern is still standing?"