Conscience is a man's compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities in directing one's course by it, still one must try to follow its direction. Vincent Van Gogh More Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh More Quotes From Vincent Van Gogh I devour nature ceaselessly. I exaggerate, sometimes I make changes in the subject; but still I don't invent the whole picture. On the contrary, I find it already there. It's a question of picking out what one wants from nature. Vincent Van Gogh naturewantsometimes I want to paint what I feel, and feel what I paint. Vincent Van Gogh paintwantfeels Whatever plan one makes, there is a hidden difficulty somewhere. Vincent Van Gogh difficultyplanswork Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the truly passionate painter who dares-and who has once broken the spell of 'you can't.' Vincent Van Gogh canvaspassionatebroken l can do very well without God both in my life and in my painting, but l cannot, ill as I am, do without something which is greater than l, which is my life — the power to create. Vincent Van Gogh atheismartistsuffering I see more and more that my work goes infinitely better when I am properly fed, and the paints are there, and the studio and all that... I wish I could manage to make you really understand that when you give money to artists, you are yourself doing an artist's work, and that I only want my pictures to be of such a quality that you will not be too dissatisfied with your work. Vincent Van Gogh artistwishgiving Do you know that drawing with words is also an art... ? Vincent Van Gogh drawingknowsart Surely the true path is to dive deep into nature. Vincent Van Gogh path To die for the sake of dying - I prefer to die of passion than to die of boredom! Vincent Van Gogh boredompassiondying Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death be like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf. Vincent Van Gogh summerbeautifuldeath I know for sure that I have an instinct for color, and that it will come to me more and more, that painting is in the very marrow of my bones. Vincent Van Gogh bonespaintingcolor It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But how difficult must life be, especially farther on when the evil of each day increases as far as worldly things go, if it is not strengthened and comforted by faith. And in Christ all worldly things may become better, and, as it were, sanctified. Theo, woe is me if I do not preach the Gospel; if I did not aim at that and possess faith and hope in Christ, it would be bad for me indeed, but no I have some courage. Vincent Van Gogh woe-is-mewould-beevil To paint nature you must be in it a long time. Vincent Van Gogh long-timepaintlong I want to do drawings which touch some people... In either figure or landscape I wish to express, not sentimental melancholy, but serious sorrow. Vincent Van Gogh drawingsadnesspeople Ah! My dear friend painting is to us what the music of Berlioz and Wagner was before us - a consolatory art for sore hearts! And yet there are only a few like you and me who feel it!!! Vincent Van Gogh paintinglike-youart I feel the need of relations and friendship, of affection, of friendly intercourse.... I cannot miss these things without feeling, as does any other intelligent man, a void and a deep need. Vincent Van Gogh intelligentmissingmen Yellow is capable of charming God. Vincent Van Gogh charmingcoloryellow But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight. Vincent Van Gogh inner-strengthfightingheart Of course my moods change, but the average is serenity. I have a firm faith in art, a firm confidence in its being a powerful stream which carries a man to a harbor, though he himself must do his bit too; at all events, I think it such a great blessing when a man has found his work that I cannot count myself among the unfortunate. I mean, I may be in certain relatively great difficulties, and there may be gloomy days in my life, but I shouldn't like to be counted among the unfortunate, nor would it be correct if I were. Vincent Van Gogh powerfulmeanart The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner. Vincent Van Gogh effortvictorygains
