Van Gogh Quotes

70 Van Gogh quotes by 55 unique authors

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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