Vincent van Gogh Quotes
A Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th century art for its vivid colors and emotional impact.
(1853 - 1890)
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A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
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An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.
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As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it absolutely.
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As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
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But are not this struggle and even the mistakes one may make better, and do they not develop us more, than if we kept systematically away from emotions?
[Instincts]
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But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
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Conscience is a man's compass.
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Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.
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Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.
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For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
[Time]
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Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.
[Positive]
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Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
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How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
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I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.
[Commitment]
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I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
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I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.
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I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.
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I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
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I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
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