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

Not knowing all of the conventions of beauty, he [Tom Thomson] found it all beautiful.

- A. Y. Jackson

Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists.

- A. Y. Jackson

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 sp…

- A. Y. Jackson

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 to…

- A. Y. Jackson

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 ha…

- A. Y. Jackson

Those who follow are always behind.

- A. Y. Jackson

Chop your own path. Get off the car track

- A. Y. Jackson