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

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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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many...

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many...

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful....

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful....

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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 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 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...

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.