Vincent Van Gogh quotes

“Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

“I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

“Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

“If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?”

— Vincent Van Gogh

“Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

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

— Vincent Van Gogh

“One must work and dare if one really wants to live.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

“An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

“If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

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

— Vincent Van Gogh