Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures.

What we know of others is our personal secret.

An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.

The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe it turns out that was wrong, but still you would have done his, and it is most important.

Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.