Vincent van Gogh Quotes...

Quotes by Vincent van Gogh

“I feel that there is nothing more truly
artistic than to love people.”
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"A good picture is equivalent to a good deed."
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“I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts
and the dirtiest of corners.”
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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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“For my part I know nothing with any certainty,
but the sight of the stars makes me dream.”
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“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.”
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"The great artist is the simplifier."
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"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series
of small things brought together."
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“It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more
mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all to prudent.”
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"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination;
do not become the slave of your model."
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"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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"Happiness: it lies in the joy of achievement,
in the thrill of creative effort."
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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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"I wish they would only take me as I am."
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“I put my heart and my soul into my work,
and have lost my mind in the process.”