Vincent van Gogh
Dutch · 1853–1890
Post-Impressionist painter whose emotionally turbulent works, created in a single decade, became among the most influential in Western art.
Wikipedia ↗“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
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“Ik zoek, ik streef, ik zit er met heel mijn hart in.”
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“I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.”
“Ik verlang er zo naar mooie dingen te maken. Maar mooie dingen vragen inspanning — en teleurstelling en volharding.”
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“I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort — and disappointment and perseverance.”
“Ik droom mijn schilderij en schilder mijn droom.”
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“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
“Grote dingen worden gedaan door een reeks van kleine dingen bij elkaar te brengen.”
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“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
“If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
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“Je mourrais plutôt de passion que d'ennui.”
French
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
“Ik denk vaak dat de nacht levendiger en rijker gekleurd is dan de dag.”
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“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”
“Er is niets waardiger kunstig dan de mensen lief te hebben.”
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“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
“Voor mij weet ik niets met zekerheid, maar het zien van de sterren doet mij dromen.”
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“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.”
“Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of color to express myself more forcefully.”
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“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.”
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