Vincent van Gogh quotes

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. (Vincent van Gogh)
A life without love is a sinful and immoral thing.
Vincent van Gogh
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Vincent van Gogh
Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.
Vincent van Gogh
I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
Vincent van Gogh
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.
Vincent van Gogh
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
Vincent van Gogh
I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.
Vincent van Gogh
When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.
Vincent van Gogh
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
Vincent van Gogh
Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. (Vincent van Gogh)
Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.
Vincent van Gogh
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
Vincent van Gogh
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent van Gogh
There is no such thing as an ugly woman.
Vincent van Gogh
An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.
Vincent van Gogh
It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide.
Vincent van Gogh
I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.
Vincent van Gogh
The thing has already taken form in my mind before I start it. The first attempts are absolutely unbearable. I say this because I want you to know that if you see something worthwhile in what I am doing, it is not by accident but because of real direction and purpose.
Vincent van Gogh
I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.
Vincent van Gogh
The sadness will last forever. (Vincent van Gogh)
I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.
Vincent van Gogh
Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.
Vincent van Gogh
I wish they would only take me as I am.
Vincent van Gogh
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