Vincent van Gogh — "I am not myself, I am my environment."

"I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart."

"I can’t change the fact that my paintings don’t sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture."

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

"I am a seeker, I am a wanderer, I am a dreamer."

"I'm not making a point of it, because the painting is one of the ugliest I've done. It's the equivalent, though different, of the potato eaters. I've tried to express the terrible human passions with …"