I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't care much whether I live a longer or shorter time. the world concerns me only in so far as I feel a certain debt toward…

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Topics: World Quotes

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...

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...

However, the painter of the future will be a colorist, such as has never yet...

However, the painter of the future will be a colorist, such as has never yet...

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

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

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

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...

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.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

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...

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...

It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But...

It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Conscience is a man's compass

Conscience is a man's compass

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that...

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that...

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that....

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that....

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order...

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order...