I want to get to the point where people say of my work, that man feels deeply.
VINCENT VAN GOGHThe only time I feel alive is when I’m painting.
More Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
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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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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
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Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.
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Conscience is a man’s compass.
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Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.
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I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.
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It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill.
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Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together.
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I tried to express through red and green the terrible passions of humanity.
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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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So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.
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How rich art is, if one can only remember what one has seen, one is never empty of thoughts or truly lonely, never alone.
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Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me.
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What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.
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I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
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