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 Quote

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

Conscience is a man's compass.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

Great things are not done by impulse, but a series of small things brought together.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

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.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

I wish they would only take me as I am.
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If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?
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If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.
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If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
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In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
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It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.
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Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.
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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 done well.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

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.
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One must work and dare if one really wants to live.
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Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.
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Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

The best way to know God is to love many things.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

The way to know life is to love many things.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
- Vincent Van Gogh Quote

Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.
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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
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