The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Penguin Classics)
Whether his particular concern was religious or artistic, he invariably cultivated his inner universe and confidently sought the eternal in the temporal.
Vincent Van Gogh • The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Penguin Classics)
Admire as much as you can, most people don’t admire enough.
Vincent Van Gogh • The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Penguin Classics)
Do go on doing a lot of walking & keep up your love of nature, for that is the right way to understand art better & better. Painters understand nature & love her & teach us to see.
Vincent Van Gogh • The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Penguin Classics)
His ambition to become known as a painter of peasant life and as ‘the painter of modern portraits’ is at odds with the prevailing image of a madman who died a martyr to art. That
Vincent Van Gogh • The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Penguin Classics)
Van Gogh’s idols were Millet and Delacroix, and – in later letters — Monticelli and Puvis de Chavannes.