Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Topics: Imagination Quotes

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

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

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.

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...

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.

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting,...

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting,...

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a...

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a...

Conscience is a man's compass

Conscience is a man's compass

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...

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 came...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Time is the great art of man.

Time is the great art of man.

The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that...

The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that...

"To Become what you Believe, You must first Believe in what you have yet to...