:56:03
Yet, he never sold a painting
in his lifetime.
:56:07
This is his self-portrait.
:56:09
There's no camouflage, no romance.
Honesty.
:56:13
- Now, 60 years later, where is he?
- Famous?
:56:18
So famous, in fact,
that everybody has a reproduction.
:56:22
- There are post cards...
- We have the calendar.
:56:25
With the ability to reproduce art,
it is available to the masses.
:56:30
No one needs to own
a van Gogh original.
:56:32
We do. In the Newport house.
:56:36
But it's small. Tiny.
:56:42
They can paint their own.
Van Gogh in a box, ladies.
:56:45
The newest form
of mass-distributed art:
:56:48
Paint by numbers.
:56:50
"Now everyone can be van Gogh.
It's so easy.
:56:53
Just follow the simple instructions...
:56:55
...and in minutes, you're on
your way to being an artist."
:56:59
Van Gogh by numbers?
:57:01
Ironic, isn't it? Look at what
we have done to the man...
:57:05
...who refused to conform
his ideals to popular taste.
:57:09
Who refused to compromise
his integrity.
:57:12
We have put him in a tiny box
and asked you to copy him.
:57:18
So the choice is yours, ladies.
:57:19
You can conform to what
other people expect or you can...
:57:24
I know. Be ourselves.
:57:28
You're a sight for sore eyes.
:57:30
I would've been on time but, silly me,
I thought class was in the classroom.
:57:34
Glad you could join us, Mrs. Jones.
We thought we'd lost you.
:57:38
- There's an unwritten rule for marr...
- Don't bother.
:57:40
Since your wedding, you've missed
six classes, a paper and your midterm.
:57:44
Well, thank God I didn't miss
the paint-by-numbers lecture.
:57:48
I was on my honeymoon
and then I had to set up house.
:57:52
- What does she expect?
- Attendance.