Vincent Van Gogh Quotes

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Vincent Van Gogh

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Vincent Van Gogh

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

Vincent Van Gogh

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

Vincent Van Gogh

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

Vincent Van Gogh

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Vincent Van Gogh

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

Vincent Van Gogh

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

Vincent Van Gogh

The way to know life is to love many things.

Vincent Van Gogh

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.

Vincent Van Gogh

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

Vincent Van Gogh

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

Vincent Van Gogh

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Vincent Van Gogh

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

Vincent Van Gogh

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

Vincent Van Gogh

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

Vincent Van Gogh