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I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.
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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As you can see, I am immersing myself in color-I've held back from that until now and I don't regret it.
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But you people do not understand me, and I am afraid you never will.
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To exaggerate the fairness of hair, I come even to orange tones, chromes and pale yellow ... I make a plain background of the richest, intensest blue that I can contrive, and by this simple combination of the bright head against the rich blue background, I get a mysterious effect, like a star in the depths of an azure sky.
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One must spoil as many canvases as one succeeds with.
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How rich art is, if one can only remember what one has seen, one is never empty of thoughts or truly lonely, never alone.
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The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.
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