“The picture a mother's son does in jail hangs on her wall as proof that beauty is possible even in the most wretched. And this is a much different idea than fancier notion that art is a scam and a ripoff.”
Michael Wincott - Rene Ricard

“- Brian: Is this our waterfall?
- Jordan: No.
- Brian: It's terrific.
- Jordan: Yeah, it's all right. The name's Mooney, not Monet.”

Tom Cruise - Brian Flanagan
Elisabeth Shue - Jordan Mooney

“I have this terribly archaic notion that art should be about beauty... and passion... and, well, redefining an imperfect world in a perfect way.”
Brendan Fraser - Fletcher McBracken

“- Oscar the Grouch: This is where I wanna be grouch paradise! Just look it at. It's like a work of art.
- Telly Monster: It is different, Maria.
- Maria: Oscar, I want you to turn this car around right now and head for Toadstool!
- Oscar the Grouch: Ah, an angry face in a beautiful place, heaven.”

Caroll Spinney - Oscar the Grouch
Martin P. Robinson - Telly Monster
Sonia Manzano - Maria

“Nor art nor nature ever created a lovelier thing than you, cousin Tess. To see that pretty mouth pouting and puffing away, without producing a single note.”

Leigh Lawson - Alec d'Urberville