Vincent van Gogh

La tristesse durera toujours (Fr.'the sadness will last forever')

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

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 well done.

"I am an artist... It's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying, 'I know all about it. I've already found it.' As far as I'm concerned, the word means, 'I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.'"

~Vincent Van Gogh~

Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me.  I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners.  And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum.

"So let us go forward, quietly, each on his own path,
forever making for the light."
~~Vincent Van Gogh~

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion.  Then I go out and paint the stars.

I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.

I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream.