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

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...

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...

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

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

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be...

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be...

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Conscience is a man's compass.

Conscience is a man's compass.

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...

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion....

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion....

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic...

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic...

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...

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...

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.