Best Gogh Sayings

74 Gogh quotes by 58 unique authors

I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had. — David Lynch
When he painted a road, the roadmakers were there in his imagination, when he painted the turned earth of a ploughed field, the gesture of… — John Berger
Deserts possess a particular magic, since they have exhausted their own futures, and are thus free of time. Anything erected there, a city, a pyramid,… — J. G. Ballard
...but you are too much for them: the weak in courage are strong in cunning; and one by one, you have absorbed and have captured… — James Agee
But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is is good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to… — Tim Dorsey
That's one thing that's always, like, been a difference between, like, the performing arts, and being a painter, you know. A painter does a painting,… — Joni Mitchell
I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh] — Irving Stone
You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh] — Irving Stone
It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved. [Vincent Van Gogh] — Irving Stone
Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh] — Irving Stone
Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh] — Irving Stone
Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them. — Bill Watterson
There are many perks to living for twenty-one centuries, and foremost among them is bearing witness to the rare birth of genius. It invariably goes… — Kevin Hearne
The splendor of a human heart that trusts it is loved unconditionally gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel, Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”,… — Brennan Manning
The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don't believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after… — Steven Pressfield
I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh, because nobody appreciated his work until he was dead. Now it's worth millions. — Tupac Shakur
I wanted to paint in a folk-artist-y way. My heroes were Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, and Rembrandt. I think Picasso is about as a modern… — Joni Mitchell
What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pictures but that in an indefinable… — John Russell
We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked. — Vincente Minnelli
Someone who copies a Van Gogh does not therefore become Van Gogh, and the same would go for Mozart or anyone else who contributed something… — Daniel Tammet
Tough. Tough, indeed. I would say that Mickey Mouse had a greater influence on the American public than Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Rabelais, Shostakovich, Lenin, and/or… — Charles Bukowski
I have a good ear for music, just like Van Gogh had a good ear for art. . . — Rick Sutter
I can't cut off an ear everyday. Do the Van Gogh here and the Mozart there. Anyway it's exhausting enough always having to check up… — Martin Kippenberger
I have many favorite artists... Van Gogh as one, but he didn't really sing a lot! — Colin Mochrie

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