"To exaggerate the fairness of hair, I come……" — Vincent Van Gogh
"To exaggerate the fairness of hair, I come even to orange tones, chromes and pale yellow ... I make a plain background of the richest, intensest blue that I can contrive, and by this simple combination of the bright head against the rich blue background, I get a mysterious effect, like a star in the depths of an azure sky."
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Vincent Van Gogh
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346 Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh
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I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.
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I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say "he feels deeply, he feels tenderly".
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The great artist is the simplifier.
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It is the language of nature to which one has to listen.
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I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing.
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Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life.
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The painter of the future will be a colorist unlike anything yet.
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