I want to make paintings full of colour, laughter, compassion and love. I want to make paintings that will make people happy, that will change the co…

- Norval Morrisseau

My art speaks and will continue to speak, transcending barriers of nationality, language and other forces that may be divisive, fortifying the greatn…

- Norval Morrisseau

The Ojibways have great respect for the Bear. According to their legends, in the distant past the Bear had a human form and was in fact an ancestor o…

- Norval Morrisseau

I transmit astral plane harmonies through my brushes into the physical plane. These otherworld colours are reflected in the alphabet of nature, a gra…

- Norval Morrisseau

Among the Indians, as among other nations, some people are born artists, but most are not. I am a born artist. I have as much interest in my people a…

- Norval Morrisseau

What I teach the people many times is that attitude and attention will determine the whole course of our lives. Get rid of fear and that is all you e…

- Norval Morrisseau