Vincent van Gogh Quotes

• I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

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  I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

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• I cannot help it that my paintings do not sell. The time will come when people will see that they are worth more than the price of the paint.

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• It is no more easy to make a good picture than it is to find a diamond or a pearl. It means trouble and you risk your life for it.

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• I have a terrible lucidity at moments when nature is so beautiful. I am not conscious of myself any more, and the pictures come to me as if in a dream.

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  Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

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• Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.

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

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• I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.

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• It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.

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• There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

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  What is done in love, is well done.

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

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• I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

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• Only when I fall do I get up again.

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• The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

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• The way to know life is to love many things.

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  I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

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• It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But how difficult must life be, especially farther on when the evil of each day increases as far as worldly things go, if it is not strengthened and comforted by faith. And in Christ all worldly things may become better, and, as it were, sanctified. Theo, woe is me if I do not preach the Gospel; if I did not aim at that and possess faith and hope in Christ, it would be bad for me indeed, but no I have some courage.

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• As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

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Vincent van Gogh (71)

Birth:	30th March, 1853
Death:	29th July, 1890
Nationality:	Dutch
Profession:	Painter

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Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty and bold color, had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art.

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