You will say that everyone has seen landscapes and figures from childhood on. The question is: Has everybody also been reflexive as a child? Has everybody who has seen them also loved heath, fields, meadows, woods, and the snow and…

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Topics: Childhood Quotes

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,...

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...

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many...

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many...

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

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...

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...

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

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

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

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at...

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at...

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...

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.

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...

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

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

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

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.

The majority of (painters), because they aren't colorists, do not see yellow, orange or sulphur...

The majority of (painters), because they aren't colorists, do not see yellow, orange or sulphur...

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...

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not...

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not...

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence...

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence...

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have...

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have...