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> [Voices in the forest tell of dark and twisted enchantments - as dark and twisted as the roots and grasping branches of the trees themselves. Even the most gnarled tree is eloquent in the telling of its own tale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/voices-in-the-forest-tell-of-dark-and-twisted-enchantments-as-dark/)

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## More 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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/to-believe-in-faeries-is-to-step-into-an-enchanted-space-where-the/)

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> [We almost need another word for fairy, that's the thing. Once people get to see what fairies' real power is, then they understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/we-almost-need-another-word-for-fairy-that-s-the-thing-once-people/)

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> [Faeries are seen through the heart, not through the eyes. Remember that faeries inhabit the interior of the earth and the interior of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/faeries-are-seen-through-the-heart-not-through-the-eyes-remember-that/)

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> [It was hard for me to move forward, because I take responsibility for what I introduce into the world through my paintings. So to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/it-was-hard-for-me-to-move-forward-because-i-take-responsibility-for/)

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> [Perhaps all women are part faerie, for what woman can deny her faerie blood when the portals to her own land are open; when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/perhaps-all-women-are-part-faerie-for-what-woman-can-deny-her-faerie/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/it-was-ironic-that-there-i-was-finally-painting-the-pictures-i-d/)

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> [I had a job as an illustrator, and I wanted to change the direction of my work. I moved to the country, and immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/i-had-a-job-as-an-illustrator-and-i-wanted-to-change-the-direction-of/)

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> [In the 20th century, artists did a great disservice to fairies. They painted fairies in a way that was shallow and trite. So when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/in-the-20th-century-artists-did-a-great-disservice-to-fairies-they/)

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> [It seems to me that art has lost its connection to spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/it-seems-to-me-that-art-has-lost-its-connection-to-spirit/)

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> [Art always used to involve spirit. Painters painted spirit. They painted by commission things to go into churches, and that was painting spirit. Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/art-always-used-to-involve-spirit-painters-painted-spirit-they/)

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> [Fairies are becoming much more popular. I see fairyland as this big sea, and the tide is sometimes out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/fairies-are-becoming-much-more-popular-i-see-fairyland-as-this-big/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/nobody-wanted-to-publish-a-book-about-fairies-they-said-people-wouldn/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/i-live-in-a-house-that-s-incredibly-old-and-it-s-typical-that-part-of/)

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> [I went and studied graphic design, because it seemed to me that advertising is more honest - the image actually has a function. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/i-went-and-studied-graphic-design-because-it-seemed-to-me-that/)

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> [Once you step onto the fairy path, it's almost like there's no way off. You have to keep going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/once-you-step-onto-the-fairy-path-it-s-almost-like-there-s-no-way-off/)

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