For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together. Vincent Van Gogh More Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh More Quotes From Vincent Van Gogh The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting. Vincent Van Gogh passionaliveart Everywhere we look, complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes. Vincent Van Gogh magiceyelooks The great artist is the simplifier. Vincent Van Gogh great-artartistwriting Benjamin Murphy is the best artist since sliced bread. Vincent Van Gogh murphyartistbread Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together. Vincent Van Gogh bodysoultogether The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right. Vincent Van Gogh turnsdifficultheart I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture. Vincent Van Gogh paintingfactspeople Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope. Vincent Van Gogh good-morningsummerbelieve One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it. Vincent Van Gogh sadlonelyloneliness 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. Vincent Van Gogh wheatpeoplethinking Do you know what makes the prison disappear? Every deep, genuine affection. Being friends, being brothers, loving, that is what opens the prison, with supreme power, by some magic force. Without these one stays dead. But whenever affection is revived, there life revives. Vincent Van Gogh magiccaringbrother There is no blue without yellow and without orange. Vincent Van Gogh orangecoloryellow It's as interesting and as difficult to say a thing well as to paint it. There is the art of lines and colours, but the art of words exists too, and will never be less important. Vincent Van Gogh importantartinteresting It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy. Vincent Van Gogh crazyartisthalf So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world. Vincent Van Gogh bookshopsgood-thingsworld Love a friend, love a wife, something, whatever you like, but one must love with a lofty and serious intimate sympathy, with strength, with intelligence, and one must always try to know deeper, better, and more. Vincent Van Gogh wifeserioustrying Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone, except to ask for diner or coffee. And it has been like that form the beginning. Vincent Van Gogh dinersformcoffee You have first to experience what you want to express. Vincent Van Gogh wantmotivationalfirsts But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things. Vincent Van Gogh godinspirationallove There is nothing more beautiful than nature early in the morning. Vincent Van Gogh morningbeautiful
