Vincent Van Gogh on accident
“Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.”
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I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Art is to console those who are broken by life.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh The diseases that we civilized people labor under most are melancholy and pessimism.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Everywhere we look, complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh The great artist is the simplifier.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Art demands constant observation.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh There is no blue without yellow and without orange.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh One must never let the fire go out in one’s soul, but keep it burning.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh It is very necessary to work in the garden and see the flowers growing.
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.
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BK ShivaniBK Shivani There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
HafezHafez By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.
Upton SinclairUpton Sinclair You weren’t an accident. You weren’t mass produced. You aren’t an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.
Max LucadoMax Lucado A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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