Vincent Van Gogh
Quotations
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“One must work and dare if one really wants to live.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“When I have a terrible need of – shall I say the word – religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“An artist needn’t be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“The way to know life is to love many things.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” -Vincent Van Gogh
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“But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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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.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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