And painted portraits have a life of their own that comes from deep in the soul of the painter and where the… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I myself believe that there is in every painter's life a period of making absurdities. In my case I think that period… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“If you don’t have a dog--at least one--there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
It is no more easy to make a good picture than it is to find a diamond or a pearl. It means… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I feel a certain calm. There is safety in the midst of danger. What would life be if we didn't dare to… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“be careful not to become narrow-minded, or afraid of reading what is well written, quite the contrary, such writings are a source… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
You can feel the stars and the infinity of the sky since life, in spite of everything, is like a dream. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“You can live to be old or young, but you'll always have moments when you lose your head.” — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
“Do you know what frees one from this captivity? It is every deep serious affection. Being friends, being brothers, love, these open… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
Describing Starry Night: Firmament and planets both disappeared, but the mighty breath which gives life to all things and in which all… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? If you hear a voice within saying ‘You are not… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even—the French air… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
My aim in life is to make pictures and drawings, as many and as well as I can; then, at the end… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
In my view, I am often immensely rich, not in money, but (although just now perhaps not all the time) rich because… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I often think of you all, one cannot do what one wants in life. The more you feel attached to a spot,… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But how difficult must life be, especially farther… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“Those who love much, do much and accomplish much, and whatever is done with love is done well… Love is the best… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
At one time, the earth was supposed to be flat. Well, so it is, even today, from Paris to Asnieres. But that… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
What am I in most people's eyes? A nonentity or an eccentric and disagreeable man... I should want my work to show what is… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
There certainly is an affinity between a person and his work, but it is not easy to define what this affinity is, and on… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
Ah, Manet has come very, very close to it and Courbet - the marrying of form and colour. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
We must not judge God from this world. It's just a study that didn't come off. It's only a master who could make such… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share
But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
Ah! My dear friend painting is to us what the music of Berlioz and Wagner was before us - a consolatory art for sore… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
That this awareness of my own fallibility will prevent me from making many mistakes doesn't alter the fact that I'm bound to make a… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
You will say that everyone has seen landscapes and figures from childhood on. The question is: Has everybody also been reflexive as a child?… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share