There certainly is an affinity between a person and his work, but it is not easy to define what this affinity is, and on that question many judge quite wrongly. Vincent Van Gogh More Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh More Quotes From Vincent Van Gogh Everyone who works with love and with intelligence finds in the very sincerity of his love for nature and art a kind of armor against the opinions of other people. Vincent Van Gogh inspirational people art For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together. Vincent Van Gogh perseverance motivational inspirational Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful. Vincent Van Gogh littles beautiful people Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague. Vincent Van Gogh starry-night obvious essentials It is not only by one's impulses that one achieves greatness, but also by patiently filing away the steel wall that separates what one feels from what one is capable of doing. Vincent Van Gogh wall greatness steel What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Vincent Van Gogh being-strong confidence courage The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too Vincent Van Gogh sea heart men Perhaps someday everyone will have neurosis. Vincent Van Gogh someday neurosis understanding If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then. Many people think that they will become good just by doing no harm -- but that's a lie.... That way lies stagnation, mediocrity. Vincent Van Gogh mistake lying thinking But you people do not understand me, and I am afraid you never will. Vincent Van Gogh understand-me people Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures. Vincent Van Gogh outcomes sometimes art The more you love, the more you suffer. Vincent Van Gogh love-you-more how-to-love suffering Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more. Vincent Van Gogh nature love art I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. Vincent Van Gogh dream education inspirational What is done in love is done well. Vincent Van Gogh positive-life positivity love Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. Vincent Van Gogh harmony misery depth The diseases that we civilized people labor under most are melancholy and pessimism. Vincent Van Gogh pessimism disease people There is peace even in the storm Vincent Van Gogh storm Art demands constant observation. Vincent Van Gogh observation demand art I began to paint again, even though I could barely hold the brush, but knowing exactly what I wanted to paint, I began three more large canvases... of large wheat fields under cloudy skies, and it did not take a great deal to express sadness and loneliness... I believe these paintings say what words cannot. Vincent Van Gogh sadness loneliness believe
