Harris tried to convince me of Theosophy. I still don't know what it is.
Tom Thomson
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Good art is understood with the mind's eye
A moment is a hard thing to capture.
Park Rule: Night shooting is generally prohibited.
1907 Robbie Burns Blessing. Watercolour on paper 5 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. 
I painted the elements in their true nature but subtracted the elements that did not matter to me
I play the mandolin, sing and love music.
I mastered painting on unfinished boards. I painted to the loss of oil leeching into the wood
Electric light of the city does look beautiful - when refracted through filthy air.
1916-17 Jack Pine canvas. #ttcanvas 
I studied under William Cruikshank, but thankfully, only for a short period of time.
I produce my work for my own satisfaction, not for its effect on the crowd.
When I first arrived in Algonquin Park in 1913 it was a quiet place. Few lumbermen, fewer tourists.
I studied the Tamaracks as they turned gold during the approach of winter.
1915 Sunset #tt1915 
The Studio Building was Dr. MacCallum's idea. Harris was a partner and Eden Smith was the architect.
If you try to paint every twig the sketch becomes tight and photographic - uninteresting.
A friend is a sane man that exercises not my ingenuity but me.
It is our savage nature gives us creativity and passion.
1906 Portrait of an Old Lake Captain. Oil on canvas laid down on masonite 