If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it.
Vincent Van GoghA weaver who has to direct and to interweave a great many little threads has no time to philosophize about it, but rather he is so absorbed in his work that he doesn't think but acts, and he feels how things must go more than he can explain it.
Vincent Van GoghWhen I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.
Vincent Van GoghBut for one's health as you say, it is very necessary to work in the garden and see the flowers growing.
Vincent Van GoghI'm now painting with all the elan of a Marseillais eating soup, which won't surprise you when I tell you I'm painting large sunflowers. The idea? To decorate the studio, now there's hope of Gauguin living here. I aim at a dozen panels of sunflowers in the room I've set aside for Gauguin.
Vincent Van Gogh