A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
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Vincent Van Gogh
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About Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. His sui…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Vincent Van GoghI 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.
But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
The best way to know God is to love many things.
I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
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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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
The best way to know God is to love many things.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.