Vincent Van Gogh

My great longing is to learn to make those very incorrectnesses, those deviations, remodellings, changes of reality, so that they may become, yes, untruth if you like – but more true than the literal truth.

Vincent Van Gogh

My interest in drawing has died down here in England, but maybe I’ll be in the mood again some day or other. Right now I am doing a great deal of reading

Vincent Van Gogh

My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own accord, instead of having to praise or to explain it.

Vincent Van Gogh

Nature always begins by resisting the artist, but he who really takes it seriously does not allow that resistance to put him off his stride; on the contrary, it is that much more of a stimulus to fight for victory.

Vincent Van Gogh

No blue without yellow and without orange, and if you do blue, then do yellow and orange as well, surely.

Vincent Van Gogh

No, no thought to the winnings. One loves because one loves.

Vincent Van Gogh

Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

Vincent Van Gogh

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

Oh! I must somehow manage to do a figure in a few strokes.

Vincent Van Gogh

One begins by plaguing oneself to no purpose in order to be true to nature, and one concludes by working quietly from one’s own palette alone, and then nature is the result.

Vincent Van Gogh