Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh

“So what do you want? Does what happens inside show on the outside? There is such a great fire in ones soul, and yet nobody ever comes to warm themselves there, and passersby see nothing but a littl...”

“You can live to be old or young, but you'll always have moments when you lose your head.”

“There is safety in the very heart of danger.”

“In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.”

“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”

“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.”

“The way to know life is to love many things.”

“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.”

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.”

“It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures.”

“When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.”

“But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.”

“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.”

“Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.”

“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.”

“There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.”

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”

“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.”

“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”

“Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.”