Art Quote by Ben Feldman

You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]

— Irving Stone

It is not a certain conformity of manners that the painting of Van Gogh attacks, but rather the conformity of institutions themselves. And even…

— Antonin Artaud

It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved. [Vincent Van Gogh]

— Irving Stone

My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought…

— Eli Broad

Vincent van Gogh's mother painted all of his best things. The famous mailed decapitated ear was a figment of the public relations firm engaged…

— Roy Blount, Jr

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being like Vincent Van Gogh Jr.

— Bill Griffith

It was van Gogh's madness that prevented him from working; the paintings themselves are ineffably sane, if sanity is to be defined in terms…

— Robert Hughes

Van Gogh was asked how he created such beautiful paintings. He said I dream my paintings and then I paint my dreams.

— Bob Proctor

I rage against Vincent van Gogh for needing to die at 37, after painting for only ten years.

— Jerry Saltz

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

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

— Irving Stone

'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