The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

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One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars...

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars...

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be...

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be...

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came...

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came...

If you hear a voice within you saying, You are not a painter, then by...

If you hear a voice within you saying, You are not a painter, then by...

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many...

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many...

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars...

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars...

For me, the work is an absolute necessity. I cannot put it off; I don't...

For me, the work is an absolute necessity. I cannot put it off; I don't...

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic...

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic...

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come...

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come...

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the...

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the...

If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means...

If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means...

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green...

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green...

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine...

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine...