It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful.
VINCENT VAN GOGHPoetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.
More Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
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You have first to experience what you want to express.
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The sunflower is mine, in a way.
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Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.
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In spite of everything, I shall rise again.
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I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say ‘he feels deeply, he feels tenderly’.
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If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.
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Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.
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The great artist is the simplifier.
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I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.
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The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.
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The large majority of people are asleep and do not wish to wake up.
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Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.
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Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together.
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One must work and dare if one really wants to live.
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I don’t know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.
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