Still-life Philosopher Gifts

'See you tomorrow!' says artist to the fruit that has been posing for him.

"Yo, Cézanne, paint faster. I need those grapes for the Madeira sauce."

"Who's taking my order—the committee of the whole, or is there a liaison for decaf?"

'Some days I just feel so stuck in a rut that I wish I'd never been invented!'

"Oh good, more time alone for quiet reflection."

Cat with Nine Still Lives

"Yes, six to seven weeks is my life expectancy! Once I learned that, I thought, the hell with it, I'll stop working and start travelling..."

"You need to justify your own existence first."

Still Life With Nordic Track

"More quarters! For God's sake, more quarters!!"

"Always take the bull firmly by the tail and look him directly in the eye..."

Fleeting illusions of happiness hour 5-7

"Colin kept the bar fairly low."

Middle Age: When you finally get your head together, and your body starts to fall apart!

'What did I say about finishing your vegetables, Billy?'

Aging Support Group

Caveman to kid: 'There's more to life than what you read on cave walls.'

"Well, he looks alive as of 10 minutes ago, but the stream is frozen."

'That's the problem with living with an artist, the fruitbowl is always off...'

"So that's where you were last night."

"Yes sir, I'm late. But I thought we were supposed to stop and smell the roses ... "

"That's what I love about social media. I can have connections with thousands of people and yet still be completely isolated and alone."

Life, love and a lot of bananas.

"I won't have anything to worry about when I grow up."

Prisoner still life painting.

City Bar and Grill - "Stop worrying, youth and enthusiasm can't compete with experience and treachery."

'You may disagree with me now, Son, but when you're 500 years old, you'll understand.'

" It was a jungle out there, but I quite liked it."

"Cat with nine still lives"

"I'm surprised I'm still single - I always thought I'd be divorced by now."

"Your next pilgrimage must be to a bodega for milk."

"Just when I’ve reconciled the fact that I’m in my 40s, my 50th birthday shows up."

"You're born, you deconstruct your childhood, and then you die."

'Life passed me by without using a turn signal.'

A bull which has seen red.