--- title: "9 Difficulty Quotes By Vincent Van Gogh" description: "9 Difficulty quotes by Vincent Van Gogh. Plus more from Vincent Van Gogh and more Difficulty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/vincent-van-gogh-486_bears_for-loneliness-worries-difficulties-the_2112528.jpg" --- > [For loneliness, worries, difficulties, the unsatisfied need for kindness and sympathy - that is what is hard to bear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/for-loneliness-worries-difficulties-the-unsatisfied-need-for-kindness/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/vincent-van-gogh-486_bears_for-loneliness-worries-difficulties-the_2112528.jpg) > [Whatever plan one makes, there is a hidden difficulty somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/whatever-plan-one-makes-there-is-a-hidden-difficulty-somewhere/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/vincent-van-gogh-486_adversity_whatever-plan-one-makes-there-is-a-hidde_883653.jpg) > [Painting it was hard graft. There are one and a half large tubes of white in the ground - yet that ground…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/painting-it-was-hard-graft-there-are-one-and-a-half-large-tubes-of/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/vincent-van-gogh-486_dark_painting-it-was-hard-graft-there-are-one_1063576.jpg) > [But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/vincent-van-gogh-486_difficulty_but-by-fighting-the-difficulties-in-whic_50414.jpg) > [When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/when-we-are-working-at-a-difficult-task-and-strive-after-a-good-thing-2/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/vincent-van-gogh-486_adversity_when-we-are-working-at-a-difficult-task_1431657.jpg) > [When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/when-we-are-working-at-a-difficult-task-and-strive-after-a-good-thing-3/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/vincent-van-gogh-486_battle_when-we-are-working-at-a-difficult-task_2275574.jpg) > [I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't care much whether I live a longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/i-do-not-intend-to-spare-myself-not-to-avoid-emotions-or-difficulties-2/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/vincent-van-gogh-486_care_i-do-not-intend-to-spare-myself-not-to-a_902057.jpg) > [It constantly remains a source of disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/it-constantly-remains-a-source-of-disappointment-to-me-that-my/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/vincent-van-gogh-486_adversity_it-constantly-remains-a-source-of-disapp_1470529.jpg) > [Of course my moods change, but the average is serenity. I have a firm faith in art, a firm confidence in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/of-course-my-moods-change-but-the-average-is-serenity-i-have-a-firm/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_of-course-my-moods-change-but-the-averag_1904604.jpg) ## Other authors on Difficulty ## 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/difficulty/vincent-van-gogh/#itemlist", "name": "9 Difficulty Quotes By Vincent Van Gogh", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For loneliness, worries, difficulties, the unsatisfied need for kindness and sympathy - that is what is hard to bear.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent Van Gogh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/for-loneliness-worries-difficulties-the-unsatisfied-need-for-kindness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/vincent-van-gogh-486_bears_for-loneliness-worries-difficulties-the_2112528.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/vincent-van-gogh-486_bears_for-loneliness-worries-difficulties-the_2112528.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/vincent-van-gogh-486_bears_for-loneliness-worries-difficulties-the_2112528.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For loneliness, worries, difficulties, the unsatisfied need for kindness and sympathy - that is what is hard…” — Vincent Van Gogh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whatever plan one makes, there is a hidden difficulty somewhere.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent Van Gogh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/whatever-plan-one-makes-there-is-a-hidden-difficulty-somewhere/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/vincent-van-gogh-486_adversity_whatever-plan-one-makes-there-is-a-hidde_883653.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/vincent-van-gogh-486_adversity_whatever-plan-one-makes-there-is-a-hidde_883653.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/vincent-van-gogh-486_adversity_whatever-plan-one-makes-there-is-a-hidde_883653.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whatever plan one makes, there is a hidden difficulty somewhere.” — Vincent Van Gogh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Painting it was hard graft. 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