Quotes By Vincent Van Gogh

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.

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.

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

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

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.

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

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.