Vincent Van Gogh, (1853-1890), Dutch Painter Quotes

I dream of painting, and then I paint my dream.

Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity.

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

I feel the need of relations and friendship, of affection, of friendly intercourse.... I cannot miss these things without feeling, as does any other intelligent man, a void and a deep need.

The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech.

I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.'

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to: the feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.

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