For me, the work is an absolute necessity. I cannot put it off; I don’t care for anything else — Vincent van Gogh
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. — Vincent van Gogh
You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: sometimes I do not know how I shall pull through. — Vincent van Gogh
Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it. — Vincent van Gogh
There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it — Vincent van Gogh
Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy. — 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
An artist needn’t be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. — Vincent van Gogh
How can I be useful, of what service can I be? there is something inside me, what can it be? — Vincent van Gogh