l can do very well without God both in my life and in my painting, but l cannot, ill as I am, do without something which is greater than l, which is my life โ the power to create.
Vincent Van GoghCobalt is a divine color and there is nothing as fine for putting an atmosphere round things. Carmine is the red of wine and is warm and lively like wine. The same goes for emerald green too. It's false economy to dispense with them, with those colors. Cadmium as well.
Vincent Van GoghIt is a sad and very melancholy scene, which must strike everyone who knows and feels that we also have to pass one day through the valley of the shadow of death, and โque la fin de la vie humaine, ce sont des larmes ou des cheveux blancs.โ What lies beyond this is a great mystery that only God knows, but He has revealed absolutely through His word that there is a resurrection of the dead.
Vincent Van Gogh