Part of what I feel is that the so-called bad fairies are really only there to get you to pay some attention. They trick you up until you're lying flat on your back and you literally have another point of… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Fairies are becoming much more popular. I see fairyland as this big sea, and the tide is sometimes out. — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
