Conscience is a man's compass.

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

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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...

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...

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the...

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting 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...

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful....

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful....

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

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...

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.

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which...

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which...

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that...

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that...

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.

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't...

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't...

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...