Art is something greater and higher than our own skill or knowledge or learning.
VINCENT VAN GOGHThe only time I feel alive is when I’m painting.
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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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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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What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.
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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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Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together.
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It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill.
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I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.
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I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
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Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter’s soul.
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There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
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In an artist’s life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing.
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The large majority of people are asleep and do not wish to wake up.
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If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.
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I wish they would take me as I am.
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We are surrounded by poetry on all sides.
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