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It interests me tremendously to make copies... I started it by chance and I find it teaches me things.
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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Lithographer
Painter
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Brooklyn
New York
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Seeing that I am so busily occupied with myself just now, I want to try to paint my self-portrait in writing.
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To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not a dead one, or a stuffed one, who with irresistible force urges us towards more loving.
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As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it Absolutely.
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