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

Conscience is a man's compass.

Conscience is a man's compass.

If you hear a voice within you saying, You are not a painter, then by...

If you hear a voice within you saying, You are not a painter, then by...

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.

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...

There are things which we feel to be good and true, though in the cold...

There are things which we feel to be good and true, though in the cold...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

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...

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...

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.

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...

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting,...

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting,...

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that...

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that...

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

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

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...

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of...

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of...

When Man will re-find himself, then demons with angels and God with the Devil will...

When Man will re-find himself, then demons with angels and God with the Devil will...