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

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...

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...

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 came...

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

If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means...

If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means...

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

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...

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...

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...

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 better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be...

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be...

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

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

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come...

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come...

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...

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

The way to know life is to love many things.

The way to know life is to love many things.

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...