Arthur Lismer Quotes

#1. Imagine a glorious full moon coming over the tops of the spruce, big and yellow, shedding a mysterious light on everything ... the moonlight had colour, you could see to paint and be able to appreciate the colour of things.

Arthur Lismer

#2. It is necessary that ... we should believe that we are as capable of producing great art as we believe we are capable of doing great deeds ...

Arthur Lismer

#3. Thomson sought the wilderness, never seeking to tame it, but only to draw from it, its magic of tangle and season.

Arthur Lismer

#4. Jackson is the most consummate sketcher I have ever known. These little panels, handy on the trail, could be handled as easily as an expert marksman uses a quiver full of arrows.

Arthur Lismer

#5. Don't paint the apple; paint the red.

Arthur Lismer

#6. Turning points in my life ... the bush, the trails, lakes, waterfalls ... moving camp from one wonderful lake to another ... the companionship of a great individual, a wonder with canoe, axe and fish line.

Arthur Lismer