Tag: 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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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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How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
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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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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For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
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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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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One must work and dare if one really wants to live.
Vincent Van Gogh
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I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
Vincent Van Gogh