Artist Quotes by Brian Froud

To believe in faeries is to step into an enchanted space where the rational mind meets the irrational heart, and all things become possible.

— Brian Froud

We almost need another word for fairy, that's the thing. Once people get to see what fairies' real power is, then they understand.

— Brian Froud

Faeries are seen through the heart, not through the eyes. Remember that faeries inhabit the interior of the earth and the interior of all…

— Brian Froud

It was hard for me to move forward, because I take responsibility for what I introduce into the world through my paintings. So to…

— Brian Froud

Perhaps all women are part faerie, for what woman can deny her faerie blood when the portals to her own land are open; when…

— Brian Froud

It was ironic that there I was finally painting the pictures I'd always wanted to paint and feeling very much at home in the…

— Brian Froud

I had a job as an illustrator, and I wanted to change the direction of my work. I moved to the country, and immediately…

— Brian Froud

In the 20th century, artists did a great disservice to fairies. They painted fairies in a way that was shallow and trite. So when…

— Brian Froud

It seems to me that art has lost its connection to spirit.

— Brian Froud

Art always used to involve spirit. Painters painted spirit. They painted by commission things to go into churches, and that was painting spirit. Or…

— Brian Froud

Fairies are becoming much more popular. I see fairyland as this big sea, and the tide is sometimes out.

— Brian Froud

Nobody wanted to publish a book about fairies; they said people wouldn't be interested. Luckily, I discovered Lady Cottington and her pressed fairies, which…

— Brian Froud

I live in a house that's incredibly old, and it's typical that part of it is slightly in the ground. It's very earthed. It's…

— Brian Froud

I went and studied graphic design, because it seemed to me that advertising is more honest - the image actually has a function. But…

— Brian Froud

Once you step onto the fairy path, it's almost like there's no way off. You have to keep going.

— Brian Froud