Vincent Van Gogh Quotes

Dutch - Artist | March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890

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

TimeUnderstandingInsightMaster

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Vincent Van Gogh

ImaginationBecomeInspirationSlave

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

Vincent Van Gogh

PoetryLookingEasyPaperUsAlas

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.

Vincent Van Gogh

NatureRealityLanguagePictures

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

Vincent Van Gogh

LoveGoodEnergyTrueDifficulties

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.

Vincent Van Gogh

NatureBeautifulMyselfExperience

Conscience is a man's compass.

Vincent Van Gogh

ManCompassConscience

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

Vincent Van Gogh

ServiceMeInsideSomethingUseful

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

Vincent Van Gogh

PicturesSeeI SeeCornersPoorest

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

Vincent Van Gogh

FaithPaintingOpinionDutyPublic

The best way to know God is to love many things.

Vincent Van Gogh

LoveGodBestKnowWayThings

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

Vincent Van Gogh

LoveThinkNothingOthersMoreThan

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