Mauve takes offense at my having said, "I am an artist" - which I do not take back, because that word included, of course, the meaning: always seeking without absolutely finding. As far as I know, that word means: "I am seeking, I am striving, I am in with all my heart."
Quotes by Vincent van Gogh
When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.
In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically.
Do not quench your inspiration and your inmagination; do not become the slave of your model.
"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."
Firmament and planets both disappeared, but the mighty breath which gives life to all things and in which all is bound up remained.
Describing Starry Night: Firmament and planets both disappeared, but the mighty breath which gives life to all things and in which all is bound up remained.
How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere.









