Sketching should be considered the opposite of canvas painting
Tom Thomson
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1915 Morning #tt1915 
All the big lumbermen are on Grand Lake.
Jim MacDonald is a fan of Van Gogh. Me too.
All the pretty girls are at Cache Lake.
Feb 15, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: HOT FIGHTING IN BALKANS. BRITISH COAL MINES TAKEN OVER BY GOVERNMENT.
One must look through a sea of self-doubt when painting a canvas.
It was Fred Varley who originally encouraged me to devote more time to art.
I felt like a fraud when I started painting on canvas. In some ways, I still do
1916 The Dead Pine @AGOToronto #tt1916 
Lismer said I was a wonder with canoe, axe and fishing line.
When people put pressure on me, I get restless and want them to disappear.
Feb 15, 1917 Toronto World 
It was Fred Varley who originally encouraged me to devote more time to art.
Those who go a-borrowing go a-sorrowing.
1907 Kemp Mill Pond in Leith 
I hear that my swamp picture is down at Ottawa on appro. Hope they keep it.
In spring 1916, I painted the West Wind sketch. Harris painted Laurie Lake.
My father thought his boys owed him a living and forced us to stay on the farm until 21.
I am not a philosophner, nor a mystic, just an inspired man struggling against heavy odds.