My father thought his boys owed him a living and forced us to stay on the farm until 21.

I am not a philosophner, nor a mystic, just an inspired man struggling against heavy odds.

1916 The Dead Pine @AGOToronto #tt1916

An artist has to paint as he sees the scene if it is going to be natural and to last

I'm happy when I come through with my sketches, despondent when I don't

Art critic Carl Ahrens said it was the European Gestalt embraced by the Canadian artists led to the War.

I enjoy walking, I once walked 20 miles in a blizzard to Meaford and then back.

1917 Cold Spring #tt1917

Feb 14, 1917 Last quarter of moon tonight.

A good artist makes you forget you are looking at brush strokes on canvas.

Mystery is not the same a misunderstanding.

By 1913 J.R. Booth could cut any tree he wanted in the Park.

Wind from the east, fish bite the least

1916 Autumn Hillside #tt1916

I liked it when Lawren Harris visited me in the Park. It kept my mind off @WinnieTrainor

The pines that were considered unpaintable were beautiful to me.

Jim MacDonald has been branded the most radical artist in Toronto. Nobody wants to buy his art now.

I studied under William Cruikshank, but thankfully, only for a short period of time.

Afterglow by Florence McGillivray

You work with your mind not with your hands