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Christ is more of an artist than the artists; he works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues.

Christ is more of an artist than the artists; he works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues.

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

The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.

Vincent Van Gogh
Heart, Difficult, Turns
Vincent van Gogh, Victoria Charles (2014). “Vincent van Gogh”, p.14, Parkstone International

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

Vincent Van Gogh
Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance
Letter to Theo van Gogh from The Hague, www.webexhibits.org. October 22, 1882.

So let us go forward quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light.

Vincent Van Gogh
Light, Forever, Path
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1289, Delphi Classics

Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity.

Vincent Van Gogh
Men, Humanity, Earth

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

Vincent Van Gogh
Artist, Soul, Painting

Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.

Vincent Van Gogh
Emotional, Feelings, Littles

God sends us pieces of art so that we may see ourselves in them

Vincent Van Gogh
Art, Pieces, May

Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.

Vincent Van Gogh
Light, Worldly
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1101, Delphi Classics

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

Vincent Van Gogh
Inspirational, Good Night, Art
Vincent van Gogh (1959). “Complete Letters: With Reproductions of All the Drawings in the Correspondence”

Someday death will take us to another star.

Vincent Van Gogh
Stars, Someday

At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured than the day; having hues of the most intense violets, blues and greens. If only you pay attention to it you will see that certain stars are lemon-yellow, others pink or a green, blue and forget-me-not brilliance. And without my expatiating on this theme it is obvious that putting little white dots on the blue-black is not enough to paint a starry sky.

Vincent Van Gogh
Stars, Night, Blue
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.2897, Delphi Classics

Try to walk as much as you can, and keep your love for nature, for that is the true way to learn to understand art more and more. Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see her. If one really loves nature, one can find beauty everywhere.

Vincent Van Gogh
Art, Beauty Everywhere, Trying

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

Vincent Van Gogh
Love, Inspirational, God
Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then. Many people think that they will become good just by doing no harm -- but that's a lie.... That way lies stagnation, mediocrity.

Vincent Van Gogh
Mistake, Lying, Thinking
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.2333, Delphi Classics

Art is something greater and higher than our own skill or knowledge or learning. That art is something which, though produced by human hands, is not wrought by hands alone, but wells up from a deeper source, from a man's soul.

Vincent Van Gogh
Art, Men, Skills
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.2271, Delphi Classics

So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.

Vincent Van Gogh
World, Good Things, Bookshops
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1260, Delphi Classics

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.

Vincent Van Gogh
Life, True Love, Art
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.2259, Delphi Classics

It is the language of nature to which one has to listen.

Vincent Van Gogh
Listening, Language
Vincent van Gogh (1976). “My life & love are one: quotations from the letters of Vincent Van Gogh to his brother Theo”, Blue Mountain Press

Conscience is a man's compass.

Vincent Van Gogh
Artist, Men, Compass
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 ...”

I would like to leave this world and never return. I severed my ear, but how I wish that I had severed my heart. I shall never amount to anything.

Vincent Van Gogh
Heart, Wish, Ears

I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say "he feels deeply, he feels tenderly".

Vincent Van Gogh
Art, People, Want

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.

Vincent Van Gogh
Wife, Trying, Serious
Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

In trees, I see expression and soul

Vincent Van Gogh
Expression, Tree, Soul
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1733, Delphi Classics

How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.

Vincent Van Gogh
Yellow, Lovely, Sun

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