Alive Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

“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

I remind myself Vincent van Gogh died without having sold a single painting. Like, art is not measured by the trappings that people attached…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

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

“ 'Tell me, please,' Van Gogh asked, 'is it justifiable that a person wastes his only life by selling worthless paintings for fools? ”

— Irving Stone

A lot of the most prolific painters died broke and weren't appreciated in their time. I'm trying to remember who exactly I was thinking…

— Vic Mensa

“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

Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk…

— John Guare

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…

— Steven Pressfield

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

— Billy Childish

Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him…

— Wayne Dyer

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

I think that Van Gogh is really the ultimate crazy artist that we all think of.

— Ellen Forney