Vincent van Gogh quotes - page 5

The sunflower is mine, in a way. (Vincent van Gogh)
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. View quote
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To some, woman is heresy and diabolical. To me she is just the opposite. View quote
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I would rather die of passion than of boredom. View quote
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Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. View quote
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I will not live without love. View quote
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... and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough? View quote
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It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful. View quote
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I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove. View quote
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Life itself, too, is forever turning an infinitely vacant, dispiriting blank side towards man on which nothing appears, any more than it does on a blank canvas. But no matter how vacant and vain, how dead life may appear to be, the man of faith, of energy, of warmth, who knows something, will not be put off so easily. View quote
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It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning. (Vincent van Gogh)
So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world. View quote
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Only when I fall do I get up again. View quote
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Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And let us not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil. View quote
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But for one's health as you say, it is very necessary to work in the garden and see the flowers growing. View quote
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I think that I still have it in my heart someday to paint a bookshop with the front yellow and pink in the evening... like a light in the midst of the darkness. View quote
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What color is in a picture, enthusiasm is in life. View quote
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The lamps are burning and the starry sky is over it all. View quote
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Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures. View quote
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Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire. View quote
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We spent our whole lives in unconsous excercise of the art of expressing our thoughts with the help of words. (Vincent van Gogh)
There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even-the French air clears up the brain and does good-a world of good. View quote
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I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance. View quote
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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. View quote
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We are surrounded by poetry on all sides... View quote
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