Van Gogh would have to cut his cock off to make an impression nowadays

Van Gogh was impulsive.

It would be difficult for me to express all my thoughts about it. It remains a constant disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The difficulties are indeed numerous and great, and cannot be overcome immediately. Maki

It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.

Well, what shall I say; our inward thoughts, do they ever show outwardly? There may be a great fire in our soul, but no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a little bit of smoke coming through the chimney, and pass on their way.

I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh.