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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)
art & artists
alexi gunner • 2 cards
“I tell you, if one wants to be active, one mustn’t be afraid to do something wrong sometimes, not afraid to lapse into some mistakes. To be good — many people think that they’ll achieve it by doing no harm — and that’s a lie, and you said yourself in the past that it was a lie. That leads to stagnation... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On being in the right room, confidence, and taking action
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)
Cheng Xin now recalled the strange feeling she had experienced each time she had looked at Van Gogh’s painting. Everything else in the painting—the trees that seemed to be on fire, and the village and mountains at night—showed perspective and depth, but the starry sky above had no three-dimensionality at all, like a painting hanging in space. Becau
... See moreCixin Liu • Death's End (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 3)
portrait of the artist
Emma Cohen • 11 cards
