Authenticity is dirty, gritty, uncomfortable but the result is exhiliarating.
Tom Thomson
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Beach, pine, canoe and rapid. That is how Harris described Georgian Bay.
1915-16 Moonlight Oil on canvas found at Crombie House 
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A good sketch imparts a different feeling every time you look at it.
Several days at a time alone under canvas can clear your thoughts
I was accused of going to the Dufond Indian Farm whenever I wanted to do the Rain Dance.
Harris, a Theosophist, MacDonald, a Transcendentalist, I just liked to paint
1915 Northern Lights #tt1915 
1905 Sleeping Dog Graphite on paper 4 15/16 x 8 1/4 in. 
Canoeing through drowned land 
I've discovered that sketches make for a brilliantly-coloured campfire
MacDonald helped me to see landscape differently and made me approach painting with reverence
I had something that nobody else could acquire - the north in my blood.
In 1901 I went to Seattle and was a lift-boy in a hotel.
Jackson knew how to draw out my talent rather than hammering in me technique.
You cant work in peace unless you have a bear trying to steal your bacon.
My neighbours never thought of my father as a serious farmer.
Guiding yourself to bed by candlelight makes life feel less complicated.
Don't think you are better because you can praise far-off things and sneer at your neighbour's clumsiness
Arthur Lismer said he never saw a porcupine, so I introduced him to a family of porcupines.