Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
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There is no such thing as an ugly woman.
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The world concerns me only in so far as I have a certain debt and duty to it, because I have lived in it for thirty years and owe to it to leave behind some souvenir in the shape of drawings and paintings – not done to please any particular movement, but within which a genuine human sentiment is expressed.
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I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter.
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Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone, except to ask for diner or coffee. And it has been like that form the beginning.
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Only when I fall do I get up again.
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In general, and most especially with artists, I pay as much attention to the man who does the work, as to the work itself.
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Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.
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How to achieve such anomalies, such alterations and re-fashionings of reality so what comes out of it are lies, if you like, but lies that are more than literal truth.
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There is no blue without yellow and without orange.
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It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide.
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I am working with the enthusiasm of a man from Marseilles eating bouillabaisse, which shouldn't come as a surprise to you because I am busy painting huge sunflowers.
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My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own accord, instead of having to praise or to explain it.
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The more ugly, older, more cantankerous, more ill and poorer I become, the more I try to make amends by making my colours more vibrant, more balanced and beaming.
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To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not a dead one, or a stuffed one, who with irresistible force urges us towards more loving.
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Sometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred.
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I wish they would take me as I am.
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Art is jealous, and demands our whole strength ... .
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But you must love with a sublime , genuine , profound sympathy , with devotion, with intelligence , and you must try all the time to understand Him more, better and yet more. That will lead to God , that will lead to an unshakeable faith .
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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.
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Both she and I have grief enough and trouble enough, but as for regrets – neither of us have any.
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As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.
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Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.
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It interests me tremendously to make copies... I started it by chance and I find it teaches me things.
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There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels as if all one does is wrong, and there maybe some truth in it- do you think this is a feeling one must try to forget and to banish, or is it 'the longing for God,' which one must not fear, but cherish to see if it may bring us some good? Is it 'the longing for God' which leads us to make a choice which we never regret? Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil.