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“I had a job as an illustrator, and I wanted to change the direction of my work. I moved to the country, and immediately I started to paint fairies and trolls.”

Quote by Brian Froud

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Born in 1947, Brian Froud is a renowned British illustrator known for his unique style and rich imagination. His works often feature mythology, folk tales, and fantasy elements, and are widely used in books, films, and art exhibitions. more

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“Part of what I feel is that the so-called bad fairies are really only there to get you to pay some attention. They trick you up until you're lying flat on your back and you literally have another point of view. They're about loosening up being rigid. They trip you over to break the barrier between you and the world. So their so-called "badness" actually can be quite instrumental in helping you with things.”

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“I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.”

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Book:Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson

Source: Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson

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“To me, intolerance leads down a dreadful path that the world sometimes seems to be going to.”

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“Once you step onto the fairy path, it's almost like there's no way off. You have to keep going.”

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“Fairies are becoming much more popular. I see fairyland as this big sea, and the tide is sometimes out.”

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“Nobody wanted to publish a book about fairies; they said people wouldn't be interested. Luckily, I discovered Lady Cottington and her pressed fairies, which revived a huge amount of interest in fairies, so I could go ahead and do the book I wanted to do.”

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“We almost need another word for fairy, that's the thing. Once people get to see what fairies' real power is, then they understand.”

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“I live in a house that's incredibly old, and it's typical that part of it is slightly in the ground. It's very earthed. It's almost like living in a hobbit house.”

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