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The more I become decomposed, the more sick and fragile I am, the more I become an artist.
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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I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.
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Only when I fall do I get up again.
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The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner.
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In my view, I am often immensely rich, not in money, but (although just now perhaps not all the time) rich because I have found my metier, something I can devote myself to heart and soul and that gives inspiration and meaning to my life.
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Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here.
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