677 Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh

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

A good painting should be the equivalent of a good deed.

Do not become the slave of your model.

Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.

It is difficult to know oneself, but it isn't easy to paint oneself either.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

In order to work and to become an artist one needs love. At least, one who wants sentiment in his work must in the first place feel it himself, and live with his heart

I am a man of passions, capable of and subject to doing more or less foolish things- which I happen to regret, more or less, afterwards.

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.