In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that the cafe is a place where one can ruin oneself, become crazy and criminal. Through the contrast of the delicate pink, blood red and dark…

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

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Conscience is a man's compass.

Conscience is a man's compass.

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...

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much,...

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much,...

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....

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should...

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should...

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...

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...

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...

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when...

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when...

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...

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

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

But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I...

But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I...

I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't...

I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't...

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons...

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons...

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.