Conscience is a man's compass

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Topics: Conscience Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I...

But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I...

There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels...

There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels...

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...

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...

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...

Conscience is a man's compass.

Conscience is a man's compass.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

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.

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded;...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded;...

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

The spectacles of experience; through them you will see clearly a second time

The spectacles of experience; through them you will see clearly a second time

To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms...

To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms...