In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

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Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as...

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as...

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

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

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

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

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

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

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...

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...

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when...

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when...

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.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind...

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

There are things which we feel to be good and true, though in the cold...

There are things which we feel to be good and true, though in the cold...

Conscience is a man's compass

Conscience is a man's compass

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.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

You will say that everyone has seen landscapes and figures from childhood on. The question...

You will say that everyone has seen landscapes and figures from childhood on. The question...

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not...

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not...

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others'...

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others'...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.