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












I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
More Vincent van Gogh quotes
"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination do not become the slave of your model.
"I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
"As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it absolutely.
"Let me stop there, but my God, how beautiful Shakespeare is, who else is as mysterious as he is; his language and method are like a brush trembling wi...
"There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
"Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cotta...
"I hope to depart in no other way than looking back with love and wistfulness and thinking, oh paintings that I would have made..
"One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.
"I dream my painting and then I paint my dream.
"..it has always been so much my desire to paint for those who don’t know the artistic side of a painting.
"Art is to console those who are broken by life.
"Painting is a faith and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
"Still there is a calm pure harmony and music inside of me.
"A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.