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

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh Quotes

Dutch - Artist March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. - Vincent Van Gogh

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

Positive, Think, Alive

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent Van Gogh

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

Great, Small Things, Small

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

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

Nature, Dream, Part

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. - Vincent Van Gogh

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. Vincent Van Gogh

Dreams, Painting, Dream

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

Storm, Reason, Dangers

There is no blue without yellow and without orange. - Vincent Van Gogh

There is no blue without yellow and without orange. Vincent Van Gogh

Blue, Yellow, Orange

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

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

Work, Mind, Process

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? - Vincent Van Gogh

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

Courage, Would, Had

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. Vincent Van Gogh

Great, Smoke, May

The way to know life is to love many things. - Vincent Van Gogh

The way to know life is to love many things. Vincent Van Gogh

Love, Know, Things

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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

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

Art, Voice, Silenced

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

Faith, Help, Still

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. - Vincent Van Gogh

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. Vincent Van Gogh

Soul, Painter, Paintings

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. Vincent Van Gogh

Will, Which, Discouragement

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

Love, Strength, Performs

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

Paper, Putting, Alas

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. Vincent Van Gogh

Equivalent, Good Picture

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. - Vincent Van Gogh

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

Love, Nothing, More

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way. Vincent Van Gogh

May, Blazing, Chimney

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

Nature, Need, Go

I wish they would only take me as I am. - Vincent Van Gogh

I wish they would only take me as I am. Vincent Van Gogh

Wish, I Wish, Take

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

Painting, Public, Disregard

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. Vincent Van Gogh

Nature, More, Which

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream. Vincent Van Gogh

Nature, Period, Sure

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

Love, Think, I Think

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy. Vincent Van Gogh

Love, Always, Side

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