--- title: "7 Deeper Quotes By Vincent Van Gogh" description: "7 Deeper quotes by Vincent Van Gogh. Plus more from Vincent Van Gogh and more Deeper sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/vincent-van-gogh-486_deeper_but-what-s-your-ultimate-goal-you-ll-say_391571.jpg" --- > [But what's your ultimate goal, you'll say. That goal will become clearer, will take shape slowly and surely, as the croquis becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/but-what-s-your-ultimate-goal-you-ll-say-that-goal-will-become/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/vincent-van-gogh-486_deeper_but-what-s-your-ultimate-goal-you-ll-say_391571.jpg) > [If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/if-one-feels-the-need-of-something-grand-something-infinite-something/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/vincent-van-gogh-486_baby_if-one-feels-the-need-of-something-grand_606754.jpg) > [One of the reasons why I have no regular job, and why I have not had a regular job for years, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/one-of-the-reasons-why-i-have-no-regular-job-and-why-i-have-not-had-a/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/vincent-van-gogh-486_appearance_one-of-the-reasons-why-i-have-no-regular_842431.jpg) > [It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/it-is-looking-at-things-for-a-long-time-that-ripens-you-and-gives-you/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/vincent-van-gogh-486_deeper_it-is-looking-at-things-for-a-long-time_1503683.jpg) > [It isn't an easy job to paint oneself - at any rate if it is to be different from a photograph. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/it-isn-t-an-easy-job-to-paint-oneself-at-any-rate-if-it-is-to-be/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/vincent-van-gogh-486_advantage_it-isn-t-an-easy-job-to-paint-oneself-at_1739143.jpg) > [Art, although produced by man's hands, is something not created by hands alone, but something which wells up from a deeper source…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/art-although-produced-by-man-s-hands-is-something-not-created-by/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_art-although-produced-by-man-s-hands-is_2147898.jpg) > [Art is something greater and higher than our own skill or knowledge or learning. That art is something which, though produced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/art-is-something-greater-and-higher-than-our-own-skill-or-knowledge/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_art-is-something-greater-and-higher-than_2229530.jpg) ## Other authors on Deeper ## More by Vincent Van Gogh > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/what-am-i-in-most-people-s-eyes-a-nonentity-or-an-eccentric-and/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/the-heart-of-man-is-very-much-like-the-sea-it-has-its-storms-it-has/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [“I take great care of myself by carefully shutting myself away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/i-take-great-care-of-myself-by-carefully-shutting-myself-away/) [Vincent van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [There certainly is an affinity between a person and his work, but it is not easy to define what this affinity is, and on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/there-certainly-is-an-affinity-between-a-person-and-his-work-but-it/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/i-confess-i-do-not-know-why-but-looking-at-the-stars-always-makes-me/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [Ah, Manet has come very, very close to it and Courbet - the marrying of form and colour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/ah-manet-has-come-very-very-close-to-it-and-courbet-the-marrying-of/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/we-must-not-judge-god-from-this-world-it-s-just-a-study-that-didn-t/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/our-goals-can-only-be-reached-through-a-vehicle-of-a-plan-in-which-we/) [Vincent van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [One can never study nature too much and too hard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/one-can-never-study-nature-too-much-and-too-hard/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/but-by-fighting-the-difficulties-in-which-one-finds-oneself-an-inner/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [Ah! My dear friend painting is to us what the music of Berlioz and Wagner was before us - a consolatory art for sore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/ah-my-dear-friend-painting-is-to-us-what-the-music-of-berlioz-and/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [Painting demands an intelligent model.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/painting-demands-an-intelligent-model/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/that-this-awareness-of-my-own-fallibility-will-prevent-me-from-making/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/what-is-drawing-it-is-working-oneself-through-an-invisible-iron-wall/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) > [You will say that everyone has seen landscapes and figures from childhood on. The question is: Has everybody also been reflexive as a child?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/you-will-say-that-everyone-has-seen-landscapes-and-figures-from/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeper/vincent-van-gogh/#itemlist", "name": "7 Deeper Quotes By Vincent Van Gogh", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But what's your ultimate goal, you'll say. 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