For me, the work is an absolute necessity. I cannot put it off; I don't care for anything else; that is to say, the pleasure in something else ceases at once, and I become melancholy when I cannot go on…

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Topics: Work Quotes

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

Conscience is a man's compass

Conscience is a man's compass

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...

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help...

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help...

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that...

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have...

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have...

The majority of (painters), because they aren't colorists, do not see yellow, orange or sulphur...

The majority of (painters), because they aren't colorists, do not see yellow, orange or sulphur...

Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by...

Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by...

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.