30 Best Vincent Van Gogh Quotes

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart. – Vincent Van Gogh

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. – Vincent Van Gogh

The way to know life is to love many things. – Vincent Van Gogh

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. – Vincent Van Gogh

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. – Vincent Van Gogh

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. – Vincent Van Gogh

There is no blue without yellow and without orange. – Vincent Van Gogh

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. – Vincent Van Gogh

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? – Vincent Van Gogh

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to… The feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures. – Vincent Van Gogh

Conscience is a man's compass. – Vincent Van Gogh

I wish they would only take me as I am. – Vincent Van Gogh

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others. – Vincent Van Gogh

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners. – Vincent Van Gogh

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. – Vincent Van Gogh

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, its tides and its depths; in it too lies the richest of pearls. – Vincent Van Gogh

I would rather die of passion than of boredom. – Vincent Van Gogh

There is nothing in the world that is as interesting as people, and one can never study them enough. – Vincent Van Gogh

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. – Vincent Van Gogh

The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right. – Vincent Van Gogh

Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone. – Vincent Van Gogh

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy. – Vincent Van Gogh

What is done in love is done well. – Vincent Van Gogh

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate. – Vincent Van Gogh

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. – Vincent Van Gogh

Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it. – Vincent Van Gogh

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. – Vincent Van Gogh

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be? – Vincent Van Gogh

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. – Vincent Van Gogh

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again. – Vincent Van Gogh