Vincent Van Gogh

The way to know life is to love many things.

Love is eternal - the aspect may change, but not the essence. 

The sadness will last forever.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination, do not become the slave of your model.

Conscience is a man's compass.

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.

I am still far from being what I want to be but with God's help I shall succeed.

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.

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.

Love always brings difficulties that is true but the good side of it is that it gives energy.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint ' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.

The more I think about it the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well one has at the same time insight into and understanding of many things.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

Painting is a faith and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.