Vincent van Gogh — "How can I be useful, of what service can I be?"

"There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way."

"I have a terrible need for — dare I say the word — for religion. So I go outside at night to paint the stars, and I always dream a painting like that."

"I don't want to consider it a misfortune that it's turned out this way, on the contrary, despite all the emotion I feel a certain calm. There is safety in the midst of danger. What would life be if we…"

"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream."

"To the best of my knowledge, those words mean 'I seek, I pursue, my heart is in it.'"