Vincent van Gogh — "I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed…"

"I want to do figures, figures and more figures, it's stronger than me, this series of bipeds from the baby to Socrates and from the black-haired woman with white skin to the woman with yellow hair and…"

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."

"Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempte…"

"I am not afraid of death, I am afraid of not living."

"In the poorest little house, in the filthiest corner, I see paintings or drawings. And my mind turns in that direction as if with an irresistible urge."