“One must work and dare if one really wants to live.”
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“Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.”
FaithAll Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh
“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
Love“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.”
Love“When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.”
Nature“The best way to know God is to love many things.”
Best“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.”
God“As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.”
Life“If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?”
Men“Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.”
Faith“Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination do not become the slave of your model.”
Imagination“Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.”
Imagination“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.”
Nature“An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.”
Men“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
Great“But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.”
Best“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.”
Great“A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.”
Good“Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.”
Poetry“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.”
Work“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.”
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