Vincent van Gogh

The way to know life is to love many things.

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

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

How difficult it is to be simple.

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.

I wish people would realize that it is a serious thing to be an artist.

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.

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

I want to paint humanity, humanity and nothing else.

Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.

And then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?

I feel that I am not good for anything, but I am good for something.

I have a terrible need for, dare I say the word, religion. So I go outside at night to paint the stars.

I am not afraid of the difficulties, for I know that they are not insurmountable.

I want to paint what I feel, and feel what I paint.

The great thing is to gather new strength in moments of despair.

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

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to.

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

I wish you were here, I feel so lonely.