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The large majority of people are asleep and do not wish to wake up.
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
New York
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Only when I fall do I get up again.
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I always think photographs abominable, and I don't like to have them around, particularly not those of persons I know and love. Those photographic portraits wither much sooner than we ourselves do, whereas the painted portrait is a thing which is felt, done with love.
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Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.
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The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts.
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