“Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.”
Imagination
“Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.”
KnowledgeAll Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh
“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.”
Faith“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“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
Courage“One must work and dare if one really wants to live.”
Work“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“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“The way to know life is to love many things.”
Love“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.”
Time“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.”
Great“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
Love“Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.”
Faith“The best way to know God is to love many things.”
Best“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.”
Work“Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.”
Knowledge“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“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.”
Experience“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“When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.”
Nature