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> [I know my little 'dirty drawings' are never going to hang in the main salons of the Louvre, but it would be nice if - I would like to say 'when,' but I better say 'if' - our world learns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-of-finland/i-know-my-little-dirty-drawings-are-never-going-to-hang-in-the-main/)

[Tom of Finland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-of-finland/)

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## More by Tom of Finland

> [If I don't have an erection when I'm doing a drawing, I know it's no good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-of-finland/if-i-don-t-have-an-erection-when-i-m-doing-a-drawing-i-know-it-s-no/)

[Tom of Finland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-of-finland/)

> [I know my little 'dirty drawings' are never going to hang in the main salons of the Louvre, but it would be nice if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-of-finland/i-know-my-little-dirty-drawings-are-never-going-to-hang-in-the-main/)

[Tom of Finland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-of-finland/)

> [In those days, a gay man was made to feel nothing but shame about his feelings and his sexuality. I wanted my drawings to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-of-finland/in-those-days-a-gay-man-was-made-to-feel-nothing-but-shame-about-his/)

[Tom of Finland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-of-finland/)

> [I almost never draw a completely naked man. He has to have at least a pair of boots or something on. To me, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-of-finland/i-almost-never-draw-a-completely-naked-man-he-has-to-have-at-least-a/)

[Tom of Finland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-of-finland/)

> [The abstract, especially in those rough sketches, is very important to me, perhaps because of my advertising background, where layout is so important. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-of-finland/the-abstract-especially-in-those-rough-sketches-is-very-important-to/)

[Tom of Finland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-of-finland/)

> [My whole life long I have done nothing but interpret my dreams of ultimate masculinity, and draw them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-of-finland/my-whole-life-long-i-have-done-nothing-but-interpret-my-dreams-of/)

[Tom of Finland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-of-finland/)

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