Studio Owner Mugs

"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."

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."

Sale on the same stuff as last week.

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

Cut Price

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

'It's a Joan Biro.'

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

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

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

Misunderstood artist

Painting taking root...

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

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

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

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

"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."

"Our business is based on breakthroughs."

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

"Now this I get."

Sale.

'Wow, talk about genius!'

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

"Quick! The ideas are hatching!"

'I'll take it!'

"I'll give you $5 for that shirt."

Bob thinks his new neighbor may be bad for business.

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

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

Art Gallery.