Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the painter who dares and who has broken the spell of ‘you can’t’ once and for all. » Vincent van Gogh
Fortunately for me, I know well enough what I want, and am basically utterly indifferent to the criticism that I work to hurriedly. In answer to that, I have done some things even more hurriedly theses last few days. » Vincent van Gogh
The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner. » Vincent Willem van Gogh
What would be of life if we didn´t have the courage of doing something new? » Vincent van Gogh
I work as diligently on my canvases as the laborers do in their fields. » Vincent van Gogh
I wanted to make people think of a totally different way of living from that which we, educated people, live. I would absolutely not want anyone to find it beautiful or good without a thought. » Vincent Van Gogh
That is how I look at it; to continue, to continue, that is what is necessary. » Vincent van Gogh
Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again. » Vincent Van Goth
If one loves nature one finds beauty everywhere. » Vincent van Gogh
I thought I would be understood without words » Vincent van Gogh
One of the most beautiful things to do is to paint darkness, which nevertheless has light in it. » Van Gogh
There is safety in the very heart of danger. » Vincent van Gogh
I thought I would be understood without words. » Vincent Van Gogh
The simple minded know many things that the wise ignore » Vincent van Gogh
That I was not suited to commerce or academic study in no way proves that I should also be unfit to be a painter. » Vincent Willem van Gogh
I want to paint humanity, humanity and again humanity. » Vincent van Gogh
I am unable to describe exactly what is the matter with me; now and then there are horrible fits of anxiety, apparently without cause, or otherwise a feeling of emptiness and fatigue in the head. » Vincent van Gogh
One begins by plaguing oneself to no purpose in order to be true to nature, and one concludes by working quietly from one’s own palette alone, and then nature is the result. » Vincent van Gogh
The earth from afar shines like a star » Vincent van Gogh
The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. » Vincent van Gogh
..it has always been so much my desire to paint for those who don’t know the artistic side of a painting. » Vincent van Gogh
One must seize the reality of one’s fate and that’s that. » Vincent van Gogh
Love is something eternal… The aspect may change but not the essence. » Vincent van Gogh
The way to know life is to love many things. » Vincent van Gogh
Illusions may fade, but the sublime remains. » Vincent van GoghShe and I are two unhappy ones who keep together and carry our burdens together, and in this way unhappiness is changed to joy, and the unbearable becomes bearable. » Vincent van Gogh
I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart . » Vincent Van Gogh
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. » Vincent Van Gogh
There is nothing more beautiful than nature early in the morning. » Vincent Van Gogh
Love a friend, love a wife, something, whatever you like, but one must love with a lofty and serious intimate sympathy, with strength, with intelligence, and one must always try to know deeper, better, and more. » van Gogh
Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it. » Vincent van Gogh
I have tried to express the idea that the café is a place where one can ruin oneself, go mad, or commit a crime. » Van Gogh