Certain Quote by Antonin Artaud

What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pictures but that in an…

— John Russell

Van Gogh, among others, believed in the religion of art, which, whatever else it involved, made it clear that art is more than the…

— Donald Kuspit

If you're starting to lose your faith in the general intelligence of the American populous, there's nothing like them mistaking pop culture for Van…

— Ben Feldman

I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.

— Billy Childish

“One of the things people generally admire about Van Gogh, even though they were not always aware of it, was the way he could…

— David Markson

“Fiercely intelligent, yet bearing a sensibility far more porous than most, Van Gogh was unable, or unwilling, to abstract his intellect from his body's…

— David Abram

'The Night Cafe' and 'The Starry Night' still emit such pathos, density, and intensity that they send shivers down the spine. Whether Van Gogh…

— Jerry Saltz

Van Gogh was impulsive.

— Joni Mitchell

“When Van Gogh was a young man in his early twenties, he was in London studying to be a clergyman. He had no thought…

— Brenda Ueland

“You can be a good painter if you study Cézanne's vision. Whoever dares to copy Van Gogh falls inevitably into the hell of imitators.…

— Zbigniew Herbert

“Against all expectations, the symptoms of Van Gogh’s mental illness are conspicuous by their almost complete absence from his letters. Much as he chose…

— Vincent van Gogh

“Right here people might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of—or because of—his…

— David Lynch