Young Picasso Mugs

'You could do that.' I did

"I made the mistake of telling him that the world is his canvas."

'Fine, I'll go to my room, but one day when I'm a famous artist you'll be telling this story as an amusing anecdote!'

'I thought you encouraged self-expression!'

"All of the art work is for sale."

"What are you doing?! Where are your crayons?!"

'I feel too much pressure to draw, mom.'

Michelangelo painting with watercolors as a child.

'It's just a first draft.'

"Cool! We could have an art show this weekend. What do you think?"

"You've got a long, long road ahead of you, young man."

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

'I'm in my Blue period.'

'It's my homage to Picasso.' (Snowman is all mixed up with eyes and nose in odd places)

"I don't think I can express what I have to say in just colored paper and glue."

'With my parents out of the house, I can finally start my long awaited mural project.'

It's a call from Tate modern.

Child's Drawing (With Elephantiasis)

Face painting by numbers.

'Look dear, he's writing political speeches.'

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

"I've decided to cut out the middleman and self-publish."

Kid doing cave paintings

Just call me Picasso!

"Someday you'll see my work in the employee break room at the Met."

Children's Art Show.

'My goal is to one day have my art hanging on a refrigerator in the Louvre.'

"Don't worry, Miss. I'll soon get the hang of it."

'Do I have to be creative?'

"It's a mobile."

''Now we're the only yard in the block with a blue apple tree!'

'All good things must come to an end.'

"120 colors and no 'Sun' color!!"

"It's the poor artist who blames his crayons."

'Mom says finger painting was digital art before computers.'