People refused to believe I was painting real trees. Finally, Jackson had to say 'Yes, what Tom is painting is really there'
Tom Thomson
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A lovely landscape cannot appreciated by an unlovely mind.
No need to shout at the Almighty, he won't listen
Those who go a-borrowing go a-sorrowing.
Sometimes I paint as if my life depended upon it. Sometimes I fail.
After a while in the City, I had enough of being a dandy - I wanted to get back into the bush
As artists, we were all influenced by the Art Nouveau movement: lines, loops and whorls.
I am generous to the point of being careless about money.
Jackson said of Bill Beatty, 'He is so soaked in monochrome that mild things excite him.'
I would freely give away my sketches if admired
Those who go a-borrowing go a-sorrowing.
Arthur Lismer was mesmerized by the Canadian landscape - so different from England
1917 April in Algonquin Park #upclose No. 4 #tt1917 
I think Daphne Crombie had the eyes for me. Trouble was, she was married and I was not
Electric light of the city does look beautiful - when refracted through filthy air.
It was in the autumn of 1915, after Carmichael had married, that I moved into the Shack behind the Studio.
In my early days back in Toronto, I enjoyed the city immensely. I was a bit of a dandy.
The smell of balsam fir is much preferable to coal smoke and raw sewage
I was keenly interested in the work of Van Gogh
There's no place for a sketch outfit when you’re fire ranging.