Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
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The uglier, older, meaner, iller, poorer I get, the more I wish to take my revenge by doing brilliant color, well arranged, resplendent.
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And painted portraits have a life of their own that comes from deep in the soul of the painter and where the machine can't go.
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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.
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I am a fanatic! I feel a power within me...a fire that I may not quench, but must keep ablaze.
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Van Gogh was so under appreciated in his time, he sold only one of his 900 paintings while alive. Posthumously, he became one of the most famous artists of all time and his work is now considered priceless. Oh the irony.
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Whatever plan one makes, there is a hidden difficulty somewhere.
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It may be true that there is no God here, but there must be one not far off, and at such a moment one feels His presence; which comes to the same as saying (and I readily give this sincere profession of faith): I believe in God, and that it is His wi
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I believe I do much better for the time being by first copying some good things than by working without that foundation
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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.
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It astonishes me already when I compare my condition today with what it was a month ago. Before that I knew well enough one could fracture one's legs and arms and recover afterward, but I did not know that you could fracture the brain in your head and recover from that too.
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As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward.
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You can feel the stars and the infinity of the sky since life, in spite of everything, is like a dream.
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I am always in the hope to express the love of two lovers by a marriage of two complementary colors - colors which marry each other... complement each other as a man and a woman do.
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I am an artist... It's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying, 'I know all about it. I've already found it.' As far as I'm concerned, the word means, 'I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.'
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It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.
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To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace
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I tried to express through red and green the terrible passions of humanity.
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Love is eternal – the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work.
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I believe it is one's duty to paint the rich and magnificent aspects of nature. We need gaiety and happiness, hope and love.
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It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.
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I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
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I devour nature ceaselessly. I exaggerate, sometimes I make changes in the subject; but still I don't invent the whole picture. On the contrary, I find it already there. It's a question of picking out what one wants from nature.
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It is the painting that makes me so happy these days.
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One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers – by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.