--- title: "6 Impulse Quotes By Vincent Van Gogh" description: "6 Impulse quotes by Vincent Van Gogh. Plus more from Vincent Van Gogh and more Impulse sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/vincent-van-gogh-486_achieve-greatness_for-great-things-do-not-done-just-happen_1776884.jpg" --- > [For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/for-great-things-do-not-done-just-happen-by-impulse-but-are-a/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/vincent-van-gogh-486_achieve-greatness_for-great-things-do-not-done-just-happen_1776884.jpg) > [The great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. And great things are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/the-great-things-are-not-done-by-impulse-but-by-a-series-of-small/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/vincent-van-gogh-486_done_the-great-things-are-not-done-by-impulse_2189974.jpg) > [I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though defeated here and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/i-believe-that-it-may-happen-that-one-will-succeed-and-one-must-not/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/vincent-van-gogh-486_believe_i-believe-that-it-may-happen-that-one-wi_2220883.jpg) > [It is not only by one's impulses that one achieves greatness, but also by patiently filing away the steel wall that separates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/it-is-not-only-by-one-s-impulses-that-one-achieves-greatness-but-also/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c1/vincent-van-gogh-486_achieve_it-is-not-only-by-one-s-impulses-that-on_2328828.jpg) > [Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/great-things-do-not-just-happen-by-impulse-but-as-a-succession-of/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/vincent-van-gogh-486_great-things_great-things-do-not-just-happen-by-impul_2689165.jpg) > [For the great doesn't happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/for-the-great-doesn-t-happen-through-impulse-alone-and-is-a/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/vincent-van-gogh-486_happens_for-the-great-doesn-t-happen-through-imp_2693486.jpg) ## Other authors on Impulse ## 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/impulse/vincent-van-gogh/#itemlist", "name": "6 Impulse Quotes By Vincent Van Gogh", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent Van Gogh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/for-great-things-do-not-done-just-happen-by-impulse-but-are-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/vincent-van-gogh-486_achieve-greatness_for-great-things-do-not-done-just-happen_1776884.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/vincent-van-gogh-486_achieve-greatness_for-great-things-do-not-done-just-happen_1776884.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/vincent-van-gogh-486_achieve-greatness_for-great-things-do-not-done-just-happen_1776884.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.” — Vincent Van Gogh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. 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