Jim MacDonald had the top floor in the Studio Building but due to illness in 1917 moved to ground floor

The mechanized god of war has outraced the right of man to live

I was the older of the group. But I more than made up for my age by my foolishness.

Alone in a studio, one learns next to nothing about painting and nothing about life.

Your life is in your hands when you paint

1916 Snow Shadows #tt1916

You work with your mind not with your hands

Jackson and I were so poor that we could only afford the occasional film at the cinema.

I am never lonely so long as I can see the sky.

Fred Varley was always so enthused by my work.

A painter's desperation comes about when the picture itself diminishes inspiration.

The War has corrected harm arising from fatalistic individualism - 1916 Varsity War Supplement.

1917 Spring #tt1917

Nature is not poor, she gives me joy.

Fall is a great time to experiment with colour, but my favourite season is spring.

1912 Thunder Cloud http://t.co/zXyT7oFQZ6 #tt1912 http://t.co/pv3nQd57Zo

No man is born an Artist, so no man is born an Angler. Izaak Walton

Jackson was always confounded by the things I chose to paint, but impressed I could always pull it off.

I had earnestness, instinct for design, feeling for colour and knowledge of the North.

The best spring day is when you feel all four seasons at once.