Monday, May 3, 2010

On the Inevitable:

"Haven't you noticed the teenagers around here are really bad? I hope I'm never a teenager!"

On Piercings:

"When I grow up, I am going to get my ears pierced twice, and my nose pierced and my eyebrow pierced"
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"Yeah right that's impossible to pierce your eyebrow, it would go into your brain."

On Strengths:

"I don't have art eyes, I have music eyes."

Friday, March 19, 2010

On Communication:

"What do you think you might say to our Mexican penpals when we skype?"
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"Levante sus pantalones, por favor."
Translated: Please pull up your pants.

On Clarification:

"Is that supposed to be a coconut with three eyes?"
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"No, it's a monster that eats lost souls, spits them back out, and then tortures them."

Thursday, March 18, 2010

On The Best Excuse Ever:

"Only Matt has the antidote for my stupidity, and he won't tell me where he hid it."

On Facebook:

"My mom said not to be friends with the stars, because you never know who is on there. Like, there could be paparazzi"

Saturday, March 13, 2010

On Astrophysics:

"Why is your sun green?"
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"Because when you blast into space, you go crazy!"

Thursday, March 4, 2010

On Market Values:

"Houses cost like 1,000 dollars, and no one would ever buy a painting for 1,000 dollars, let's be reasonable."

On Scale:

"So is Claes Oldenburg like a giant, like from Jack in the Beanstalk?"

On Secrets:

"So my friend, I told her a secret, and she told everyone else and so now it is everyone's secret."

On Royal Privileges:

"Table one is where the princesses get to sit."

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

On Grammer:

"My snake is wearing pants! Or ummm.....pant!"

Monday, February 15, 2010

On Aztec Mythology:

"Yeah, about that whole end of the world thing... my parents said that I was grounded until doomsday. What does that mean?"

Thursday, February 4, 2010

On Fact vs. Fiction:

"Can I add a wacky fact?"
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"Sure! What is the fact?"
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"Oh, I haven't come up with it yet."

On the theory, time flies:

"But last week, art class was longer...I know it was!"

On Accomplishments:

"Ms. Pottberg, I finished starting."

On Science:

"Did you know some fish have wings? I saw one jump out of the water and fly for a while."

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

On Eye Witness Accounts:

"I have seen this in person before...just kidding, I haven't travelled into outer space yet."

Friday, January 15, 2010

On Security:

"My sketchbook needs a password in order to open it but you're the only one who doesn't need one."

On Story Quilts:

"What do you think you get when you take a story and a quilt and put them together?"
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"A sandwich maker."

Thursday, January 14, 2010

On Visibility:

"And look, here is the invisible bridge that connects my planet to planet earth."

On Travel:

"I don't get why they say it takes so long to get to Mars, on google earth you can just zoom in on houses in Africa and it takes like two seconds."

On Geography:

"Can anyone think of a state that is near Rhode Island?"
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"Pawtucket"
"No, Pawtucket isn't a state, I know...Boston!"

On Guessing:

"I have a really big surprise for you at the end of the lesson."
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"Is it a sumo wrestler?"

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

On Comprimising:

"Instead of drawing a car that runs on solar power...can I draw a bunny?"

Thursday, January 7, 2010

On Imagination Suits:

"Would it be okay if I took my imagination suit off now? I don't want to wear it anymore."

On Scientific Illustration:

"I can see the zebra's butt in this picture, but I should leave it out of my drawing because we are in school and all, right?"

On Photosynthesis:

"My parents cut down a tree in front of my house, and I can still breathe."