“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” Vincent Van Gogh MeanSilence
“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.” Vincent Van Gogh DoneLieLove
“As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.” Vincent Van Gogh FightLife
“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.” Vincent Van Gogh God
“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” Vincent Van Gogh
“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” Vincent Van Gogh LostWork
“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.” Vincent Van Gogh
“It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.” Vincent Van Gogh HighMistake
“The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.” Vincent Van Gogh Love
“When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.” Vincent Van Gogh
“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.” Vincent Van Gogh Win
“One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.” Vincent Van Gogh Smoke
“Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.” Vincent Van Gogh KnowledgeMistake
“Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.” Vincent Van Gogh Slave
“There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.” Vincent Van Gogh FireSmokeWar
“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.” Vincent Van Gogh ExperienceNature
“It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures.” Vincent Van Gogh FeelImportantNature
“But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.” Vincent Van Gogh BestGodLove
“I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.” Vincent Van Gogh GodLifePowerSuffering
“How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?” Vincent Van Gogh
