We feel lonely now and then and long for friends and think we should be quite different and happier if we found a friend of whom we might say: “He is the one.” But you, too, will begin to learn that there is much self-deception behind this longing; if we yielded too much to it, it would lead us from the road.
Vincent Van GoghSo often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.
Vincent Van GoghAnd love makes one calmer about many things, and in that way, one is more fit for one's work.
Vincent Van GoghVan Gogh was so under appreciated in his time, he sold only one of his 900 paintings while alive. Posthumously, he became one of the most famous artists of all time and his work is now considered priceless. Oh the irony.
Vincent Van Gogh