There is peace even in the storm

No, no thought to the winnings. One loves because one loves.

I 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.'

I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.

What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do.

Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.

I was certainly going the right way for a stroke when I left Paris. I paid for it nicely afterwards! When I stopped drinking, when I stopped smoking so much, when I began to think again instead of trying not to think - Good Lord, the depression and the prostration of it! Work in these magnificent natural surroundings (Arles) has restored my morale, but even now some efforts are too much for me: my strength fails me.