Vincent Van Gogh Quotes - Page 3

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• It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Crazy, Artist, Half

  Vincent van Gogh (1987). “Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality”, Gloucester

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• Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Light, Worldly

  Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1101, Delphi Classics

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• For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

  Letter to Theo van Gogh from The Hague, www.webexhibits.org. October 22, 1882.

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• Someday death will take us to another star.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Stars, Someday

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• In my view, I am often immensely rich, not in money, but (although just now perhaps not all the time) rich because I have found my metier, something I can devote myself to heart and soul and that gives inspiration and meaning to my life.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Inspiration, Heart, Views

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• Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Artist, Soul, Painting

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• The sunflower is mine, in a way.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Sunflower, Way, Mines

  Vincent van Gogh (1958). “Complete letters: with reproductions of all the drawings in the correspondence”

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• Christ is more of an artist than the artists; he works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Artist, Men, Flesh

  Vincent van Gogh (1958). “Complete letters: with reproductions of all the drawings in the correspondence”

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• I take great care of myself by carefully shutting myself away.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Care

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• I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say "he feels deeply, he feels tenderly".

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Art, People, Want

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• Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Men, Humanity, Earth

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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.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  World, Good Things, Bookshops

  Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1260, Delphi Classics

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• I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Inspirational, Good Night, Art

  Vincent van Gogh (1959). “Complete Letters: With Reproductions of All the Drawings in the Correspondence”

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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.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Emotional, Feelings, Littles

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• But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Love, Inspirational, God

  Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

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• Try to walk as much as you can, and keep your love for nature, for that is the true way to learn to understand art more and more. Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see her. If one really loves nature, one can find beauty everywhere.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Art, Beauty Everywhere, Trying

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• Art is something greater and higher than our own skill or knowledge or learning. That art is something which, though produced by human hands, is not wrought by hands alone, but wells up from a deeper source, from a man's soul.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Art, Men, Skills

  Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.2271, Delphi Classics

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• If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then. Many people think that they will become good just by doing no harm -- but that's a lie.... That way lies stagnation, mediocrity.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Mistake, Lying, Thinking

  Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.2333, Delphi Classics

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• At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured than the day; having hues of the most intense violets, blues and greens. If only you pay attention to it you will see that certain stars are lemon-yellow, others pink or a green, blue and forget-me-not brilliance. And without my expatiating on this theme it is obvious that putting little white dots on the blue-black is not enough to paint a starry sky.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Stars, Night, Blue

  Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.2897, Delphi Classics

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• In trees, I see expression and soul

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Expression, Tree, Soul

  Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1733, Delphi Classics

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• I would like to leave this world and never return. I severed my ear, but how I wish that I had severed my heart. I shall never amount to anything.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Heart, Wish, Ears

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• Do you know that drawing with words is also an art... ?

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Art, Drawing, Knows

  Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1612, Delphi Classics

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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

  Strength, Meaningful, Heart

  Letter to Theo, from Amsterdam, on May 30, 1877. "Dear Theo: the Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh" by Irving Stone and Jean Stone, p. 26, 1995.

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• Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Great Things

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• The sadness will last forever.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Sad, Sadness, Forever

  Vincent van Gogh, Victoria Charles (2014). “Vincent van Gogh”, p.450, Parkstone International

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