Vincent Van Gogh
Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.
Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.
A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke.
I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.
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.
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.
...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?
I wish they would only take me as I am.
Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.
Conscience is a man's compass.
But are not this struggle and even the mistakes one may make better, and do they not develop us more, than if we kept systematically away from emotions?
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
