Vincent Van Gogh on artist
“The more I become decomposed, the more sick and fragile I am, the more I become an artist.”
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In an artist’s life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh In an artist’s life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh The only time I feel alive is when I’m painting.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh If you end up falling in love with someone, it’s because of them. If you end up hating someone, it’s because of you.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh I wish they would take me as I am.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say ‘he feels deeply, he feels tenderly’.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Conscience is a man’s compass.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh What is done in love is done well.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh I am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they aren?t it doesn?t matter.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes The art of missing you, crafted to perfection. – artisan.
JeroenJeroen Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.
Bruno MarsBruno Mars I want to be role model for people to be like, ‘I don’t need a major label to be a successful artist and to have a successful song.’
Madison BeerMadison Beer I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.
Maria CallasMaria Callas The scientist needs an artistically creative imagination.
Max PlanckMax Planck For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.
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