--- title: "Best Gogh Sayings" description: "Browse 101 Gogh quotes by 81 authors. Discover the best Gogh sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/jarod-kintz-2_artist_i-m-not-helen-keller-i-m-van-gogh-it-s-n_88343.jpg" --- > [“I’m not Helen Keller—I’m Van Gogh. It’s not that I can’t hear, it’s that I don’t use my ears.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-m-not-helen-keller-i-m-van-gogh-it-s-not-that-i-can-t-hear-it-s/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/jarod-kintz-2_artist_i-m-not-helen-keller-i-m-van-gogh-it-s-n_88343.jpg) > [“Van Gogh, Modigliani, Hiroshige, etc., didn’t know merde about yachts, 8-star hotels, infinite pools, private jets...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-akyna/van-gogh-modigliani-hiroshige-etc-didn-t-know-merde-about-yachts-8/) [Alexander Akyna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-akyna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/alexander-akyna-65546_business_van-gogh-modigliani-hiroshige-etc-didn-t_1031695.jpg) > [I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/i-thought-it-would-be-very-nice-to-become-picasso-or-rembrandt-or-a/) [Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/dick-bruna-30694_artist_i-thought-it-would-be-very-nice-to-becom_1510592.png) > [If you were going through your attic and found a Van Gogh, what would you do? You wouldn't put it in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-carter-cash/if-you-were-going-through-your-attic-and-found-a-van-gogh-what-would/) [John Carter Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-carter-cash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/john-carter-cash-5128_love_if-you-were-going-through-your-attic-and_2199039.jpg) > [I want to be remembered. I want to have a legacy. Van Gogh only sold one painting before he died, which would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-d/i-want-to-be-remembered-i-want-to-have-a-legacy-van-gogh-only-sold/) [J.I.D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-d/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/j-i-d-15591_alive_i-want-to-be-remembered-i-want-to-have-a_3233352.jpg) > [My first sense of myself was as an artist, a painter. I would see a Van Gogh painting and just love it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-schultz/my-first-sense-of-myself-was-as-an-artist-a-painter-i-would-see-a-van/) [Philip Schultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-schultz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c53/philip-schultz-36433_art_my-first-sense-of-myself-was-as-an-artis_2338895.jpg) > [Van Gogh was so under appreciated in his time, he sold only one of his 900 paintings while alive. Posthumously, he became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/van-gogh-was-so-under-appreciated-in-his-time-he-sold-only-one-of-his/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/vincent-van-gogh-486_alive_van-gogh-was-so-under-appreciated-in-his_1629073.jpg) > [I felt like it was inevitable that I was going to fail in life and die young. So I was frantically scrambling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-o/i-felt-like-it-was-inevitable-that-i-was-going-to-fail-in-life-and/) [Steve-O](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/steve-o-14524_after_i-felt-like-it-was-inevitable-that-i-was_1807737.png) > [“Van Gogh on Christmas: And now we’re slowly heading towards winter, and many dread it, but Christmas is wonderful, it’s like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liesbeth-heenk/van-gogh-on-christmas-and-now-we-re-slowly-heading-towards-winter-and/) [Liesbeth Heenk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liesbeth-heenk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/liesbeth-heenk-70403_christmas_van-gogh-on-christmas-and-now-we-re-slow_20463.jpg) > [Vincent van Gogh was sane when he painted that piece of art, because when you you feel the mania and depression, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dalio/vincent-van-gogh-was-sane-when-he-painted-that-piece-of-art-because/) [Paul Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dalio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/paul-dalio-29897_able_vincent-van-gogh-was-sane-when-he-painte_2506409.jpg) > [It may be a point of great pride to have a Van Gogh on the living room wall, but the prospects of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shahn/it-may-be-a-point-of-great-pride-to-have-a-van-gogh-on-the-living/) [Ben Shahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shahn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/ben-shahn-10836_art_it-may-be-a-point-of-great-pride-to-have_2208822.jpg) > [Herman Melville was supposed to be an accountant. Van Gogh was meant to be an art dealer. I was meant to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-mclean/herman-melville-was-supposed-to-be-an-accountant-van-gogh-was-meant/) [Don McLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-mclean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/don-mclean-6904_art_herman-melville-was-supposed-to-be-an-ac_730791.png) > [I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/i-knew-that-i-had-to-find-out-more-about-van-gogh-even-though-i-was/) [Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/irving-stone-3288_artist_i-knew-that-i-had-to-find-out-more-about_2491174.jpg) > [Learn to trust yourself. That's very vital. ... Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-idle/learn-to-trust-yourself-that-s-very-vital-just-stand-with-yourself/) [Eric Idle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-idle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/eric-idle-3734_fewer_learn-to-trust-yourself-that-s-very-vita_1824584.jpg) > [“One of the things people generally admire about Van Gogh, even though they were not always aware of it, was the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/one-of-the-things-people-generally-admire-about-van-gogh-even-though/) [David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/david-markson-10450_anxiety_one-of-the-things-people-generally-admir_1077294.jpg) > [What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pictures but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-russell/what-makes-people-the-world-over-stand-in-line-for-van-gogh-is-not/) [John Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/john-russell-54935_feeling-better_what-makes-people-the-world-over-stand-i_1373468.jpg) > [I want and need the artist to take me to new places, and the new place that Van Gogh took me not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-want-and-need-the-artist-to-take-me-to-new-places-and-the-new-place/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_art_i-want-and-need-the-artist-to-take-me-to_3215879.png) > [I have been sent more ridiculous press notices. People are frequently comparing my work with Van Gogh... I do hope I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-carr/i-have-been-sent-more-ridiculous-press-notices-people-are-frequently/) [Emily Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-carr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/emily-carr-8993_artist_i-have-been-sent-more-ridiculous-press-n_1617009.png) > [“Because it will make a real artist of you. The more you suffer, the more grateful you ought to be. An empty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/because-it-will-make-a-real-artist-of-you-the-more-you-suffer-the/) [Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/irving-stone-3288_art_because-it-will-make-a-real-artist-of-yo_654485.jpg) > [“Yet it was precisely these points which marked out van Gogh's own view of beauty, based on the people in his environment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingo-walther/yet-it-was-precisely-these-points-which-marked-out-van-gogh-s-own/) [Ingo Walther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingo-walther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/ingo-walther-55748_beauty_yet-it-was-precisely-these-points-which_1093607.jpg) > [And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you just think, well, this is another level.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/and-then-i-went-round-the-corner-and-there-s-a-van-gogh-portrait-and/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/david-hockney-1395_artist_and-then-i-went-round-the-corner-and-the_1458307.png) ## Top authors on Gogh - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-irving-stone-44641.jpg) Irving Stone 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gogh/irving-stone/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gogh/#itemlist", "name": "Gogh Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’m not Helen Keller—I’m Van Gogh. 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