Vincent Van Gogh Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890

Topics

NatureRealityLanguagePictures

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LifeInterestingYouWillSeize

A lot of my songs are written prophetically: I write something, and then I make it happen.

Jens Lekman

Make It HappenWriteHappenSomething

Who have I been starstruck by in real life? One of the weirdest ones was, when we were making 'Cry-Baby,' David Nelson from 'The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet.' I couldn't believe he was sitting in my living room. Certainly Patricia Hearst. Tab Hunter. A lot of the stars I've worked with, when I first got them.

John Waters

LifeStarsBelieveLivingSitting

I sensed that Confucius is an interesting character. This is someone who lived over 2,500 years ago and is still speaking to us. That people are still reading and repeating what he said so long ago is something I find quite fascinating.

Russell Freedman

CharacterPeopleReadingInteresting

In a lot of work places, you work at a lot of jobs and people work more with their colleagues than with their family.

Russell Hornsby

WorkFamilyPeopleColleaguesYou

Language kills, and inflamed rhetoric of the kind that spews almost daily from the lips of Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, and others running for public office in this country should be condemned.

Jay Parini

DailyLanguageLipsDonald Trump

I would rather be right than happy.

Jason Jones

HappyRightWouldRatherThan

I can't do coffee, but I can do Dr. Pepper.

Cher

CoffeeI CanPepperDr

I like high fantasy as much as the next guy, but I also like a bit of grit and grime with my faux-medieval trappings.

Antony Johnston

GritFantasyNextHighGuyLike

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

Anne Roiphe

SmileBeautyWomanKindMatterShe

It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious.

Peter McWilliams

LifeLivePeopleAliveWhoYour

The Beatles once approached Stanley Kubrick to do 'The Lord Of The Rings.' This was before Tolkien sold the rights. They approached him, and he said, 'No.'

Peter Jackson

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