Vincent van Gogh

I am not a peaceful man, I am a violent man.

I am not a loving man, I am a hateful man.

I am not a hopeful man, I am a despairing man.

I am not a faithful man, I am a faithless man.

I am not a truthful man, I am a lying man.

I am not a just man, I am an unjust man.

I am not a free man, I am a prisoner.

I am not a living man, I am a dead man.

If one truly loves nature, one finds beauty everywhere.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

I wish that I could find something that is more than myself.

Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

The great thing is to be oneself, and that's what I'm trying to do.

The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is drawn to these things with an irresistible force.

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

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

Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone.

The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech.

Don't you think it's better to be a good man than a good painter?