Painting as it is now promises to become more subtle - more like music and less like sculpture - and above all it promises color. If only it keeps this promise.
Vincent Van GoghYour profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.
Vincent Van GoghDrawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit.
Vincent Van GoghSeek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.
Vincent Van GoghSometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred.
Vincent Van GoghI am an artist... It's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying, 'I know all about it. I've already found it.' As far as I'm concerned, the word means, 'I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.'
Vincent Van Gogh