Art Jokes & Quotes



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The Funny Side of Art - Art Jokes

What do you get if you cross an artist with a kebab?- Donner-tello

Fred imagined himself a brilliant artist. But his teacher said he was so bad it was a wonder he could draw breath.

What do you get if you cross a painter with a boxer?- Mohammed Dali

Why was the art dealer in debt?- He didn't have any Monet

What did the artist say to the dentist?- Matisse hurt

Vincent van Gough walks into a bar, and the bartender offers him a drink...No thank -you, said Vincent, I've got one 'ere.

What do you call an American drawing?-A Yankee Doodle.

Did you hear about the two little boys who found themselves in a modern art gallery by mistake?-"Quick," said one, "Run ! Before they say we did it!"

The Mona Lisa was brought up in court on charges of murder,-but it turned out that she'd been framed...

Recently a guy in Paris nearly got away with stealing several paintings from the Louvre. However, after planning the crime, breaking in, evading security, getting out and escaping with the goods, he was captured only two blocks away when his Econoline van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied:-"I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."



A Bit More Serious - Art Quotes

I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. -Vincent van Gogh

When I paint, the sea roars. The others splash about in the bath. -Salvador Dali

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. -Paul Klee

The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it. -Banksy

You should keep on painting no matter how difficult it is, because this is all part of experience, and the more experience you have, the better it is.. unless it kills you, and then you know you have gone too far. -Alic Neel

Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job. -Andy Warhol

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.-Paul Cezanne

An artist needn’t be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. -Vincent van Gogh

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way.. things I had no words for. -Georgia O'Keeffe

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