Quotes by : Vincent Van Gogh

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling....

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination do not become the slave of your model.

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer....

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

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

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