Van Gogh Quotes

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

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

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

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

5. "I would rather die of passion than of boredom."

6. "Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it."

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

8. "I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it."

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

10. "I would rather die of thirst than drink from the cup of mediocrity."

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

12. "I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate."

13. "One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well."

14. "I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart."

15. "The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too."

16. "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 well done."

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

18. "The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting."

19. "The sadness will last forever."

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

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

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

23. "Art is to console those who are broken by life."

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

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

26. "I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate."

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

28. "I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it."

29. "Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it."

30. "I would rather die of passion than of boredom."

31. "I would rather die of thirst than drink from the cup of mediocrity."

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

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

34. "I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart."

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

Appreciation for beauty and its importance in art and in life. Here are some of his notable quotes on beauty:

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

2. "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."

3. "I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart."

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

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

6. "The best way to know God is to love many things."

7. "There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."

8. "I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate."

9. "Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy."

10. "Art is to console those who are broken by life."