Style Philosopher Gifts

The contrast between a barrister and his clerk

"Rolled-up sleeves, no coat, loose tie...it's my casual confrontational look."

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

"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."

Hats: Management/Good Job/Friendly but Aloof.

"Working from home is a great idea, Dad. We'd just like to establish some kind of dress code."

"I'm having second thoughts about those damn school uniforms."

"Did you see that trimmed-up earlier than thou look on her face, just then?"

"You want to grow a ponytail? OK...as long as it's not from hair growing out of your ears."

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

Oak Tree Painted in 1642

The Bland Leading the Bland

'Dude, you like, need to get your wallet chain in check!'

'That guy is SO tacky.'

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

Lady visiting the 1862 International Exhibition fands that the omnibuses ruin her crinolines

"It's too academic."

Made It! Without getting one tattoo.

'I like it.'

My Mom texted me to let me know she hates all the fonts she saw this week.

Cross section through the Art Virus.

The Thinker Thinks of Toilet Roll.

Budget cure

"Is that what you're wearing?"

" '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.' "

The Marcel Wave

"The full partner look."

'I think he's a minimalist.'

'Malcolm is unswayed by post-foundationalist trendiness.'

'I'm going to stop coming here -it's completely lost it's fresh, country atmosphere!'

"If art was meant to be understood by the common man then the common man would have a degree in art appreciation."

Avoid boys who spend more on hair products than you do!

Ezra Pound