Suffering Quote by David Lynch

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

Vincent van Gogh was sane when he painted that piece of art, because when you you feel the mania and depression, you have all…

— Paul Dalio

I once heard some idiot on the radio saying that all great art has suffering as its dominant theme, and that the greatest artists…

— Bart Yates

“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

What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist?

— Peter D. Kramer

“The biggest spur to my interest in art came when I played van Gogh in the biographical film Lust For Life. The role affected…

— Kirk Douglas

Van Gogh was so under appreciated in his time, he sold only one of his 900 paintings while alive. Posthumously, he became one of…

— Vincent Van Gogh

“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

Van Gogh was impulsive.

— Joni Mitchell

“To Vincent, his art was a record of his life more true, more revealing (“how deep—how infinitely deep”) even than the storm of letters…

— Steven Naifeh

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

— Billy Childish

We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the romantic notion…

— Dorianne Laux