When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

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I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't...

I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't...

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

However, the painter of the future will be a colorist, such as has never yet...

However, the painter of the future will be a colorist, such as has never yet...

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

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

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

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

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should...

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should...

To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not...

To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not...

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside...

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside...

Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more...

Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more...

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But...

It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But...

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...

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

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...

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essense.

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essense.

Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific...

Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific...

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then...

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then...