In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.
Vincent Van GoghIf you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van GoghAll art is a gift. It is first of all a gift that the maker can do it. It is then a gift to someone else, whether they pay for it or not. The wonder of it is that we cannot get the production of these gifts stopped. Art is life seeking itself. It is our intractable expressions of love for the beauties, ideas and epiphanies we regularly find. I framed the painting. It's now hanging in our den. "I have walked this earth for 30 years, and, out of gratitude, want to leave some souvenir.
Vincent Van Gogh