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There is peace even in the storm

There is peace even in the storm

Vincent Van Gogh
Storm
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1172, Delphi Classics

The more you love, the more you suffer.

Vincent Van Gogh
Suffering, How To Love, Love You More

But you people do not understand me, and I am afraid you never will.

Vincent Van Gogh
People, Understand Me
Vincent van Gogh (1958). “Complete letters: with reproductions of all the drawings in the correspondence”

To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life

Vincent Van Gogh
Suffering, Lessons, This Life
Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Vincent Van Gogh
Life, Leadership, Determination

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.

Vincent Van Gogh
Artist, Paper, Easy
Vincent van Gogh (1958). “Complete letters: with reproductions of all the drawings in the correspondence”

In spite of everything, I shall rise again

Vincent Van Gogh
Spite
Vincent van Gogh, Vincent Willem Gogh (1927). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...”

The large majority of people are asleep and do not wish to wake up.

Vincent Van Gogh
People, Wish, Majority

The great artist is the simplifier.

Vincent Van Gogh
Writing, Artist, Great Art

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

Vincent Van Gogh
Color, Yellow, Orange
1888 Letter to Emile Bernard, Jun.

In my view, I am often immensely rich, not in money, but (although just now perhaps not all the time) rich because I have found my metier, something I can devote myself to heart and soul and that gives inspiration and meaning to my life.

Vincent Van Gogh
Inspiration, Heart, Views

Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.

Vincent Van Gogh
Good Morning, Summer, Believe

What is done in love is done well.

Vincent Van Gogh
Love, Positivity, Positive Life
"Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, p. 483, 2006.

Everyone who works with love and with intelligence finds in the very sincerity of his love for nature and art a kind of armor against the opinions of other people.

Vincent Van Gogh
Inspirational, Art, People
Vincent van Gogh, Vincent Willem Gogh (1927). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...”

Everywhere we look, complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.

Vincent Van Gogh
Eye, Magic, Looks
"Fictional character: Vincent van Gogh". 'Doctor Who' ('Vincent and the Doctor'), Season 5, Episode 10, www.imdb.com. June 05, 2010.

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.

Vincent Van Gogh
People, Facts, Painting
Vincent van Gogh (1987). “Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality”, Gloucester

The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.

Vincent Van Gogh
Art, Passion, Alive

I never get tired of the blue sky.

Vincent Van Gogh
Tired, Blue, Sky
Vincent van Gogh (1959). “Complete Letters: With Reproductions of All the Drawings in the Correspondence”

If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.

Vincent Van Gogh
Thinking, People, Wheat

What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart.

Vincent Van Gogh
Eye, Heart, People
Letter to Theo, from The Hague, July 21, 1882.

If you end up falling in love with someone, it's because of them. If you end up hating someone, it's because of you.

Vincent Van Gogh
Falling In Love, Hate, Ends

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.

Vincent Van Gogh
Crazy, Artist, Half
Vincent van Gogh (1987). “Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality”, Gloucester

The sunflower is mine, in a way.

Vincent Van Gogh
Sunflower, Way, Mines
Vincent van Gogh (1958). “Complete letters: with reproductions of all the drawings in the correspondence”

All art is a gift. It is first of all a gift that the maker can do it. It is then a gift to someone else, whether they pay for it or not. The wonder of it is that we cannot get the production of these gifts stopped. Art is life seeking itself. It is our intractable expressions of love for the beauties, ideas and epiphanies we regularly find. I framed the painting. It's now hanging in our den. "I have walked this earth for 30 years, and, out of gratitude, want to leave some souvenir.

Vincent Van Gogh
Gratitude, Art, Years

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

Vincent Van Gogh
Love, Life, Strength
Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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