Vincent van Gogh — "The sadness will last forever."

"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way."

"So don't study and swot too much, because that makes for sterility. Enjoy yourself too much rather than too little, and don't take art or love too seriously either — one can do little about it oneself…"

"It often seems to me that the night is much more alive and richly coloured than the day."

"And the painter of the future will be a colorist such as has not yet been seen."

"Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion."