To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving. A. Y. Jackson More Quotes by A. Y. Jackson More Quotes From A. Y. Jackson Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists. A. Y. Jackson excellent artist business The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track. A. Y. Jackson real country art Those who follow are always behind. A. Y. Jackson behinds Not knowing all of the conventions of beauty, he [Tom Thomson] found it all beautiful. A. Y. Jackson knowing beautiful beauty Chop your own path. Get off the car track A. Y. Jackson car track inspiration What to paint was a problem for the war artist... the old heroics, the death and glory stuff, were gone forever... the impressionistic technique I had developed was now ineffective, for visual impressions were not enough. A. Y. Jackson artist forever war It's probably hard for anyone looking at my landscapes today to realize that I was once regarded as a rebel, a dangerous influence; that I've been told I was on the verge of insanity, that my painting was nothing but meaningless daubs. Lawren Harris, the man most responsible for drawing the Group of Seven together, was accused of something perilously close to treason - his paintings, said his severest critics, were discouraging immigration. A. Y. Jackson drawing men insanity
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