It's probably hard for anyone looking at my landscapes today to realize that I was once regarded as a rebel, a dangerous influence; that I've been told I was on the verge of insanity, that my painting was nothing but… — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track. — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
It's probably hard for anyone looking at my landscapes today to realize that I was once regarded as a rebel, a dangerous influence; that… — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving. — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists. — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
What to paint was a problem for the war artist... the old heroics, the death and glory stuff, were gone forever... the impressionistic technique… — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
Not knowing all of the conventions of beauty, he [Tom Thomson] found it all beautiful. — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for… — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
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