"After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion,
and there aren't all that many parts for lions." 

Bert Lahr.

"My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. 
If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, 
and became Picasso." 

Pablo Picasso.

"Which painting in the National Gallery would I save
if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course."

                                            -- George Bernard Shaw

"They spell it Vinci and pronounce it Vinchy;
foreigners always spell better than they pronounce."

                                           -- Mark Twain

"The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts
as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet." 

Oliver Herford.