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In a sense I'm glad that I've never learned how to paint.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Vincent Van Gogh
Age: 37 †
Born: 1853
Born: March 30
Died: 1890
Died: July 29
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Brooklyn
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When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.
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Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here.
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