677 Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh

One should arrive at leading one's conscience to a state of development so that it becomes the voice of a better and higher self, of which the ordinary self is a servant.

Everyone who works with love and with intelligence finds in the very sincerity of his love for nature and art a kind of armor against the opinions of other people.

Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make an arbitrary use of color to express myself more forcefully.

For myself, I declare I don't know anything about it. But the sight of the stars always makes me dream.

In spite of everything, I shall rise again

I lost my job as an art salesman. It was the customer's fault. He wanted to buy the wrong paintings.

There is no such thing as an ugly woman.

You have to first experience what you want to express

Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.