Vincent Van Gogh

And the memories of all we have loved stay and come back to us in the evening of our life. They are not dead but sleep, and it is well to gather a treasure of them.

Vincent Van Gogh

Art is something greater and higher than our own skill or knowledge or learning. That art is something which, though produced by human hands, is not wrought by hands alone, but wells up from a deeper source, from a man’s soul.

Vincent Van Gogh

As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.

Vincent Van Gogh

As you can see, I am immersing myself in color – I’ve held back from that until now; and I don’t regret it.

Vincent Van Gogh

At times it is not easy for me to take up living again.

Vincent Van Gogh

Be careful not to become narrow-minded, or afraid of reading what is well written, quite the contrary, such writings are a source of comfort in life.

Vincent Van Gogh

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.

Vincent Van Gogh

Both she and I have grief enough and trouble enough, but as for regrets – neither of us have any.

Vincent Van Gogh

But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I see that nature has told me something, has spoken to me, and that I have put it down in shorthand. In my shorthand there may be words that cannot be deciphered.

Vincent Van Gogh

But in order to achieve that noble shade of yellow I achieved last summer I simply had to give myself quite a boost.

Vincent Van Gogh