Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

Religion will never show the way.

To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.

I cannot draw a human figure if I don't know the order of his bones, muscles or tendons. Same is that I cannot draw a human face if I don't know what's going on his mind and heart. In order to paint life one must understand not only anatomy, but what people feel and think about the world they live in. The painter who knows his own craft and nothing else will turn out to be a very superficial artist.

Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.

I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I did not have sufficient technique to write a book about Vincent van Gogh, I knew I had to try. If I didn't I would never write anything else.