It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Topics: Age Quotes, Experience Quotes, Youth Quotes

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 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...

Conscience is a man's compass

Conscience is a man's compass

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...

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...

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...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

Winning isn't everything...it's the only thing.

Winning isn't everything...it's the only thing.

The way to know life is to love many things.

The way to know life is to love many things.

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...

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...

For me, the work is an absolute necessity. I cannot put it off; I don't...

For me, the work is an absolute necessity. I cannot put it off; I don't...

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

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...

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

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

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

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...

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...