Tom Thomson

The economy was in a slump in 1914. The fact that someone chose to be a full-time artist was viewed as frivolous

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