Vincent Van Gogh

The canvas has an idiotic stare and mesmerises some painters so much that they turn into idiots themselves.

Vincent Van Gogh

The cure for him would be to take a good long look at some potato plants, which have lately had such a deep and distinctive colour and tone, instead of driving himself mad looking at pieces of yellow satin and gold leather.

Vincent Van Gogh

The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts.

Vincent Van Gogh

The diseases that we civilized people labor under most are melancholy and pessimism.

Vincent Van Gogh

The great isn’t something accidental; it must be willed.

Vincent Van Gogh

The great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. And great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.

Vincent Van Gogh

The lamps are burning and the starry sky is over it all.

Vincent Van Gogh

The laws of color are unutterably beautiful, just because they are not accidental.

Vincent Van Gogh

The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet, you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.

Vincent Van Gogh

The more I become decomposed, the more sick and fragile I am, the more I become an artist.

Vincent Van Gogh