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Believe Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh

16 Believe quotes by Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent’s letters often read like a diary of an artist in turmoil, and belief surfaces as a fragile yet persistent thread. In these 16 excerpts you’ll sense his yearning for purpose, his struggle with darkness, and the flicker of hope that kept his brush moving.

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To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not a dead one, or a stuffed one,…

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I've never felt a desire (and I don't believe I ever shall) to bring the public to my work... a certain popularity…

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“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we…

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I believe it is one's duty to paint the rich and magnificent aspects of nature. We need gaiety and happiness, hope and…

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If I did not succeed I still thought that what I had worked on would be continued. Not immediately. But there are…

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I believe more and more that God must not be judged on this earth. It is one of His sketches that has…

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To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not a dead one, or a stuffed one,…

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I believe I do much better for the time being by first copying some good things than by working without that foundation

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It may be true that there is no God here, but there must be one not far off, and at such a…

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I began to paint again, even though I could barely hold the brush, but knowing exactly what I wanted to paint, I…

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What has changed is that my life then was less difficult and my future seemingly less gloomy, but as far as my…

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At one time, the earth was supposed to be flat. Well, so it is, even today, from Paris to Asnieres. But that…

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I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though defeated here and…

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Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it…

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I myself believe that there is in every painter's life a period of making absurdities. In my case I think that period…

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I believe that one thinks much more soundly if the thoughts arise from direct contact with things, than if one looks at…

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I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.

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Ah, Manet has come very, very close to it and Courbet - the marrying of form and colour.

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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…

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But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight.

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Ah! My dear friend painting is to us what the music of Berlioz and Wagner was before us - a consolatory art for sore…

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Painting demands an intelligent model.

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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…

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What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can…

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You will say that everyone has seen landscapes and figures from childhood on. The question is: Has everybody also been reflexive as a child?…

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