Tom Thomson

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

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?

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.

I wanted to be a sailor or enlist in the Boer War but my father wouldn't let me go.