Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Topics: Poetry Quotes

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...

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....

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 am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

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

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

To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not...

To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not...

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...

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

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

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become...

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that...

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that...

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is...

In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is...

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter...

It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter...

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and...

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and...