Studio Owner Gifts

"Now, try to think of yourself in a silver frame on a piano in the twenty-first century."

Victorian photographer welcomes artists to his studio (du Maurier, Whistler, T.R. Lamont).

The Art Student.

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

"I think that's one of his early 'blank canvases'. I think there are some bigger ones in the next room."

Sale on the same stuff as last week.

Wolf Danny With "Random""The work must be tantamount to mayhem. Making an insatiable public confused, indifferent, annoyed—this is the premise on which rests my deliberately vacuous oeuvre."

Cut Price

"Freudian, Jungian, Adlerian – none of it compares to retail therapy."

"No, ma'am. I'm not sure what the difference is between being creative or just plain weird."

"This is a clever little shop. It makes you think it would be fun to own a lamp."

'It's a Joan Biro.'

Well, you know these child prodigies - they can be very demanding about how their work is displayed.

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

Misunderstood artist

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

Painting taking root...

'No, Timmy, we are not supposed to connect them.'

'When he comes through that door, let's all jump up and give him a big kiss!'

'I imagine you'll be asking for a full refund.'

"It said this 'Spilt Coffee' series afforded her a lifetime of lattes."

"The Leonardos, the Raphaels, Titians, Veroneses, Giottos... Italy wants them back, all 427 of them."

'I just love this work from his macaroni period,'

"Our business is based on breakthroughs."

"Now this I get."

Sale.

'Wow, talk about genius!'

'What do you suppose he's trying to say?'

'Don't worry. I'm not charging you for the extra lettering.'

"Quick! The ideas are hatching!"

Bob thinks his new neighbor may be bad for business.

'Gerald, it's so nice to see you finally getting closer to your employees.'

"If there's any one lesson we've learned from the eighties, it's how to shop!"

'I'll take it!'

Art Gallery.