Sometimes, dear brother, I know so well what I want. I am quite able to do without God, both in my life and in my painting, but what I cannot do without, unwell as I am, is something greater than myself, which is my life, the power to create.


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I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.'
VINCENT VAN GOGH
The more I think about it,the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others
VINCENT VAN GOGH
There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels as if all one does is wrong, a...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
How difficult it is to be simple.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Conscience is a man's compass
VINCENT VAN GOGH
What a splendid thing watercolor is to express atmosphere and distance, so that the figure is surrou...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
It would be difficult for me to express all my thoughts about it. It remains a constant disappointme...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Of course my moods change, but the average is serenity. I have a firm faith in art, a firm confidenc...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
La tristesse durera toujours.
[The sadness will last forever.]
VINCENT VAN GOGH
If you work with love and intelligence, you develop a kind of armour against people's opinions, just...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
I feel such a creative force in me: I am convinced that there will be a time when, let us say, I wil...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life
VINCENT VAN GOGH
I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, witho...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it ...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me want to dream.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
There is peace even in the storm
VINCENT VAN GOGH
عزيزي ثيو:
إلى أين تمضي الحياة بي؟ ما الذي يصنعه العق...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Dear brother,

I feel what Pa and Ma instinctively think about me (I don’t say reasonabl...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
What preys on my mind is simply this one question: what am I good for, could I not be of service or ...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a per...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more ri...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Fortunately for me, I know well enough what I want, and am basically utterly indifferent to the crit...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
I'm such a nobody.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into...
VAN GOGH
I want to warn against the Fifth Column which is trying to hinder our free way of life in Holland.
THEO VAN GOGH
The more light hearted I write about that, the better the message gets through.
THEO VAN GOGH
I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails mean...
VINCENT NICHOLS
Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all ac...
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
It doesn't need to be a number one show, it just needs to be good.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're...
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round an...
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as...
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worr...
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not t...
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I cou...
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes ...
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
Look, all you can do when you find your niche is go with it.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
The more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
I learned a lot from Dick Wolf. I'll always remember playing that character because it was such ...
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
I guess I say this for younger actors out there: you have to be brave, and you have to be ready to f...
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO