One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.
VINCENT VAN GOGHIt is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill.
More Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
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There is peace even in the storm
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I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
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There is nothing more beautiful than nature early in the morning.
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No, no thought to the winnings. One loves because one loves.
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I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
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I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
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Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.
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A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke.
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We are surrounded by poetry on all sides.
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Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.
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If one hasn’t a horse, one is one’s own horse.
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Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.
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I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.
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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
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There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
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I tried to express through red and green the terrible passions of humanity.
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Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together.
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If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.
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The only time I feel alive is when I’m painting.
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The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.
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If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
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I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.
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To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life.
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Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life.
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In an artist’s life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing.
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Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter’s soul.
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