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I knew that I had to find out...

I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I did not have sufficient technique to write a book about Vincent van Gogh, I knew I had to try. If I didn't I would never write anything else.

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You cannot be the good all th...

You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]

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His mind was like a soup dish...

His mind was like a soup dish, wide and shallow; it could hold a small amount of nearly anything, but the slightest jarring spilled the soup into somebody's lap

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I cannot draw a human figure ...

I cannot draw a human figure if I don't know the order of his bones, muscles or tendons. Same is that I cannot draw a human face if I don't know what's going on his mind and heart. In order to paint life one must understand not only anatomy, but what people feel and think about the world they live in. The painter who knows his own craft and nothing else will turn out to be a very superficial artist.

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It's freezing up here. What d...

It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.

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The best romance is inside ma...

The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

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Reading is a stouthearted act...

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

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There are neither good nor ev...

There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action.

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The real artist while he pain...

The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.

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How can a young person learn ...

How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and then he discovers that he is completely inappropriate for it.

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I will be an artist. I am sur...

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

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No man is born into the world...

No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.

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Art's a staple. Like bread or...

Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.

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The maximum value of art is t...

The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.

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All artists are crackpots. An...

All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.

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Loneliness is a kind of priso...

Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]

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Man's spirit grows hungry for...

Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.

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Reading has always been the l...

Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures.

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Do not call yourself old. A m...

Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.

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Who wants to do good in this ...

Who wants to do good in this world must deny oneself. A man does not live on this Earth to be happy or to be honest only - he has to do great things for humanity, achieve the generosity of the spirit and rise above the banality where most of the people are drowning and wasting their days.

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