In Toronto there is a woeful lack of knowledge of anything outside of Toronto.
Tom Thomson
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The economy was in a slump in 1914. The fact that someone chose to be a full-time artist was viewed as frivolous
An admiration of my sketch would prompt me to give it away.
The gesso needs to be brought to the right temperature on the stove.
Is my duty to be in the trenches, killing or being killed in the name of love of country?
My potatoes are frozen.
Being right isn't all there is to life.
Square dances are a good way of getting to know women while keeping your options open.
I picked up the habit of drinking when I was young
I was accused of painting 'diseased trees'
You can't change the boy, so buy him the Lightning Hockey Shoe. 
Civilization is a disease, barbarianism is a restoration of health - Julius Meier-Graefe 1908
The economy was in a slump in 1914. The fact that someone chose to be a full-time artist was viewed as frivolous
Why does a Nation have to define itself by War? Why not by Art?
What would I have done if I lived past the age of forty?
Toronto World: Nov 27 1916: FRENCH REPULSE GERMANS IN VIOLENT FIGHTING AT VERDUN
Avoid entering a canoe with anyone who displays evangelical fervour.
Unlike my artist friends, I never took any formal training.
At times I am moody, temperamental and deeply discouraged.