I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Topics: Painting Quotes

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

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.

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....

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

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...

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.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

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...

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

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...

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at...

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at...

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...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, Even over the longest distance. Same goes...

I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, Even over the longest distance. Same goes...