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

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...

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

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...

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help...

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help...

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...

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...

Love is eternal - the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the...

Love is eternal - the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the...

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...

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

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

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...

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

Conscience is a man's compass.

Conscience is a man's compass.

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 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...

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

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

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...

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have...

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried something new.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried something new.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be...

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be...