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For instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of colour to express myself more forcefully.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Vincent Van Gogh
Age: 37 †
Born: 1853
Born: March 30
Died: 1890
Died: July 29
Botanical Illustrator
Draftsperson
Drawer
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Graphic Artist
Lithographer
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Brooklyn
New York
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The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech.
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If you end up falling in love with someone, it's because of them. If you end up hating someone, it's because of you.
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There is no blue without yellow and without orange, and if you put in blue, then you must put in yellow, and orange too, mustn't you? Oh well, you will tell me that what I write to you are only banalities.
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But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight.
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