Arthur Lismer Quotes
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Thomson sought the wilderness, never seeking to tame it, but only to draw from it, its magic of tangle and season.
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It is necessary that... we should believe that we are as capable of producing great art as we believe we are capable of doing great deeds.
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Turning points in my life... the bush, the trails, lakes, waterfalls... moving camp from one wonderful lake to another... the companionship of a great individual, a wonder with canoe, axe and fish line.
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Jackson is the most consummate sketcher I have ever known. These little panels, handy on the trail, could be handled as easily as an expert marksman uses a quiver full of arrows.
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Imagine a glorious full moon coming over the tops of the spruce, big and yellow, shedding a mysterious light on everything... the moonlight had colour, you could see to paint and be able to appreciate the colour of things.
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There is something cosmic in his interpretation of the movement of earth and sky and weather forms in his paintings...
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Don't paint the apple; paint the red.