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

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Topics: Imagination Quotes

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

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 see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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 boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become...

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become...

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,...

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 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...

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...

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...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...