I am a man of passions, capable of and subject to doing more or less foolish things- which I happen to regret, more or less, afterwards.
Vincent Van GoghIt always strikes me, and it is very peculiar, that, whenever we see the image of indescribable and unutterable desolationโof loneliness, poverty, and misery, the end and extreme of thingsโthe thought of God comes into one's mind.
Vincent Van GoghWhat a splendid thing watercolour is to express atmosphere and distance, so that the figure is surrounded by air and can breathe in it.
Vincent Van GoghWhat has changed is that my life then was less difficult and my future seemingly less gloomy, but as far as my inner self, my way of looking at things and of thinking is concerned, that has not changed. But if there has indeed been a change, then it is that I think, believe and love more seriously now what I thought, believed and loved even then.
Vincent Van Gogh