I believe more and more that God must not be judged on this earth. It is one of His sketches that has turned out badly.

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.

If your inner voice is telling you that you can't paint, by all means, hurry up and paint and silence the voice.

Describing Starry Night: Firmament and planets both disappeared, but the mighty breath which gives life to all things and in which all is bound up remained.

Van 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.

And love makes one calmer about many things, and in that way, one is more fit for one's work.

One must spoil as many canvases as one succeeds with.