There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.Letter to Theo, September 18, 1888
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Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter known for his vivid use of color and expressive brushwork. Despite struggling with mental health issues throughout his life, he created over 2,000 artworks, including iconic pieces like "Starry Night" and "Sunflowers," which have had a lasting impact on the world of art.
1853–1890·lived 37 years
There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.Letter to Theo, September 18, 1888
Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. The trick is to focus on the first small thing. Starting small is still starting, and small beginnings often lead to extraordinary endings.
If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.
For the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.
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.Letters of Vincent van Gogh, Letter to his brother Theo, 1888
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.Letters of Vincent van Gogh, Letter 15, 1882
I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.To Theo van Gogh, Isleworth, Saturday, 26 August 1876, Vincent van Gogh Letters
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent van Gogh, 1937
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.Letter 274 to Theo van Gogh, 22 October 1882
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?Letter to Theo, 1881
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.The Letters, p. 123, 2009
I am searching, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly coloured than the day.Letter to Theo, June 1889
The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.The More I Think It Over, Paul J Howell, 2023
That’s all 16 quotes by Vincent van Gogh.