Camp Petawawa in 1915 was filled with interned Austrians and Hungarians, bankers and muscians, mostly.
Fred Varley tried to play matchmaker but I felt unworthy of the match.
To others, the country was a monotonous dreary waste, but for me it was full of undreamed riches.
Both Varley and I liked our drink and women
1914 Northern Lake #tt1914 
Whenever I got robbed it was for good reason. The robber needed the money more than me.
Jackson said he had to wean me away from Varley so I could see new possibilities
As I was returning in late 1916, the Duke of Connaught was being chased out of the country.
Always striving to catch a brooding sky above a northern lake.
1905 Blessing by Robbie Burns 
Lismer said that I could smell the colour of ice.
MacDonald helped me to see landscape differently and made me approach painting with reverence
Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp, Delauney - I heard about them from Jackson
I discussed the War a lot with Ed Godin. I was against it.
I was more than once drunk in the Studio Building.
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A restricted palette does not limit your tones and shades. It makes you work harder and in the end you get the right colour
Algonquin Park Fall Colour Report @Algonquin_PP http://ow.ly/BCUX0
Shall I not be real as the things I see?
1914 Northern Lake #tt1914 http://ow.ly/i/6W9en
1913 Lake in Algonquin Park @NatGalleryCan #tt1913 
I once gave a doctor 4 sketches as payment for treatment. He didn't think much of the sketches and put them in the cellar.
You work with your mind not with your hands
It's thunder that scares the hell out of you, but it's the lightning that kills
I hate authority being imposed on me
I have self-doubts , but I am grateful for Dr. MacCallum's unwavering faith in my work.
If you try to paint every twig the sketch becomes tight and photographic - uninteresting.
I never married.
1916 Sun in the Bush http://t.co/J5EY9FBoGK #tt1916 
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This place is getting too much like north Rosedale to suit me #ttletter
If you are to remain true as an artist, you need to remain true to the art you first learned as a craftsmen.
1916 Autumn Birches #tt1916 
1916 Autumn #tt1916 
Jim MacDonald has been branded the most radical artist in Toronto. Nobody wants to buy his art now.
It's hard to be a radical when you have a family to support. Better to be single and alone.
Sometimes I paint as if my life depended upon it. Sometimes I fail.
The only way to be economical is to keep going with what you have.
Lismer once remarked, 'Toronto is a good place - to get out of!'