“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
Courage
“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.”
ExperienceAll Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh
“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“Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination do not become the slave of your model.”
Imagination“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
Great“Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.”
Knowledge“An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.”
Men“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“The best way to know God is to love many things.”
Best“Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.”
Poetry“Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.”
Imagination“The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.”
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“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“But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.”
Best“When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.”
Nature“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“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.”
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“If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?”
Men