How many paintings did Vincent van Gogh sell which he was alive.
[To Alan.] Don’t say none.
None. I’m gonna say none.
[The klaxon goes off – ‘none’]
Really, I’m afraid...
One.
A few, maybe.
[The klaxon goes off – ‘one’]
It was lots, he sold hundreds of paintings.
Hundreds?!
Yeah. When he was 15, he used to work in an art gallery.
Oh, shut up.
It’s true. I just asked you how many paintings...
This is the closest I’ve come to walking out of this show.
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