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What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.

What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.

Vincent Van Gogh
Death, Fall, Autumn
Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

You have to first experience what you want to express

Vincent Van Gogh
Want, Firsts, What You Want

We have very beautiful bad weather here at present - rain, wind, thunder - but with splendid effects; that's why I like it.

Vincent Van Gogh
Beautiful, Rain, Wind
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 ...”

Describing Starry Night: Firmament and planets both disappeared, but the mighty breath which gives life to all things and in which all is bound up remained.

Vincent Van Gogh
Life, Night, Giving

...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?

Vincent Van Gogh
Art, Creativity, Enough
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 am an artist... It's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying, 'I know all about it. I've already found it.' As far as I'm concerned, the word means, 'I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.'

Vincent Van Gogh
Mean, Artist, Hunting

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

Vincent Van Gogh
Adventure, Fate, Destiny
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.2616, Delphi Classics

It's as interesting and as difficult to say a thing well as to paint it. There is the art of lines and colours, but the art of words exists too, and will never be less important.

Vincent Van Gogh
Art, Interesting, Important
Vincent Van Gogh (2013). “Van Gogh on Art and Artists: Letters to Emile Bernard”, p.43, Courier Corporation

If only we try to live sincerely, it will go well with us, even though we are certain to experience real sorrow, and great disappointments, and also will probably commit great faults and do wrong things, but it certainly is true, thatit is better to be high-spirited, even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent. It is good to 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 well done.

Vincent Van Gogh
Life, Disappointment, Real
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 ...”

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

Vincent Van Gogh
Life, Insightful, Want
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.2395, Delphi Classics

A woman is not old as long as she loves and is loved

Vincent Van Gogh
Long
Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

Vincent Van Gogh
Faith, Art, Public Opinion
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

My brushwork is quite unsystematic. I slam the paint on in all sorts of ways and leave each result to take care of itself.

Vincent Van Gogh
Care, Way, Paint

One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music.

Vincent Van Gogh
Color, Comforting, Speak

Art demands constant observation.

Vincent Van Gogh
Art, Demand, Observation

Do you know that drawing with words is also an art... ?

Vincent Van Gogh
Art, Drawing, Knows
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1612, Delphi Classics

If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it.

Vincent Van Gogh
Baby, Needs, Infinite
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 ...”

Yellow is capable of charming God.

Vincent Van Gogh
Color, Yellow, Charming

The more I become decomposed, the more sick and fragile I am, the more I become an artist.

Vincent Van Gogh
Health, Artist, Sick

There is no such thing as an ugly woman.

Vincent Van Gogh
Funny, Women, Ugly

One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.

Vincent Van Gogh
Light, Darkness, Painting

Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together.

Vincent Van Gogh
Soul, Together, Body
Vincent van Gogh (2009). “Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Auvers-sur-Oise, 1889-1890, [772-902]”

Bookstores always remind me that there are good things in this world.

Vincent Van Gogh
World, Bookstores, Good Things

I use color in a completely arbitrary way in order to express myself powerfully.

Vincent Van Gogh
Order, Color, Arbitrary

Van Gogh was so under appreciated in his time, he sold only one of his 900 paintings while alive. Posthumously, he became one of the most famous artists of all time and his work is now considered priceless. Oh the irony.

Vincent Van Gogh
Artist, Alive, Irony

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