Vincent van Gogh Quotes - Page 2

And the memories of all we have loved stay and come back to us in the evening of our life. They are not dead but sleep, and it is well to gather a treasure of them.
Vincent van Gogh
To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life
Vincent van Gogh
Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.
Vincent van Gogh
I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.
Vincent van Gogh
I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
Vincent van Gogh
...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?
Vincent van Gogh
La tristesse durera toujours.]
Vincent van Gogh
Well, right now it seems that things are going very badly for me, have been doing so for some considerable time, and may continue to do so well into the future. But it is possible that everything will get better after it has all seemed to go wrong. I am not counting on it, it may never happen, but if there should be a change for the better I should regard that as a gain, I should rejoice, I should say, at last! So there was something after all!
Vincent van Gogh
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 tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.
Vincent van Gogh
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me want to dream.
Vincent van Gogh
It always strikes me, and it is very peculiar, that, whenever we see the image of indescribable and unutterable desolation—of loneliness, poverty, and misery, the end and extreme of things—the thought of God comes into one's mind.
Vincent van Gogh
Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.
Vincent van Gogh
One must work and dare if one really wants to live.
Vincent van Gogh
Only when I fall do I get up again.
Vincent van Gogh
I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.
Vincent van Gogh
I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.
Vincent van Gogh
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent van Gogh
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
Vincent van Gogh
Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes.
Vincent van Gogh
Art is to console those who are broken by life.
Vincent van Gogh
There is peace even in the storm
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Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
Vincent van Gogh
The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too
Vincent van Gogh
Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work.
Vincent van Gogh
There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
Vincent van Gogh
It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.
Vincent van Gogh