Now since I have seen the ocean with my own eyes, I feel completely how important it is for me to stay in the south and to experience the color which must be carried to the uttermost- it is not far to Africa.

Vincent van Gogh

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Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.

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

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I wish they would only take me as I am.

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I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

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