It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill.
VINCENT VAN GOGHSometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred.
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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
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If you end up falling in love with someone, it’s because of them. If you end up hating someone, it’s because of you.
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One must never let the fire go out in one’s soul, but keep it burning.
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The only time I feel alive is when I’m painting.
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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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Art is to console those who are broken by life.
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I believe more and more that God must not be judged on this earth. It is one of His sketches that has turned out badly.
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I tried to express through red and green the terrible passions of humanity.
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Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.
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Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
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At times it is not easy for me to take up living again.
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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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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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In an artist’s life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing.
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The more you love, the more you suffer.
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Drawing is the root of everything.
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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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Someday death will take us to another star.
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Sometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred.
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I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.
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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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We are surrounded by poetry on all sides.
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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 long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.
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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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Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.
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