Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
VINCENT VAN GOGHHow rich art is, if one can only remember what one has seen, one is never empty of thoughts or truly lonely, never alone.
More Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
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Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together.
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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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The more I become decomposed, the more sick and fragile I am, the more I become an artist.
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I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
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What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.
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It is very necessary to work in the garden and see the flowers growing.
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The sunflower is mine, in a way.
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Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together.
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One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.
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I am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone.
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There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
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The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
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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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Art demands constant observation.
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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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