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One must learn to read, just as one must learn to see and learn to live.

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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You have first to experience what you want to express.
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In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
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Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone.
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Gauguin says that when sailors have to move a heavy load or raise an anchor, they all sing together to keep them up and give them vim. That's just what artists lack!
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I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.
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Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.
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I am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone.
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Everyone who works with love and with intelligence finds in the very sincerity of his love for nature and art a kind of armor against the opinions of other people.
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