Vincent Van Gogh

Explore inspiring quotes by Vincent Van Gogh, a remarkable figure whose words continue to inspire and motivate people around the world.

Total Quotes

Top Categories by Vincent Van Gogh

Discover the themes and topics this author explores most

love

4 quotes

god

4 quotes

nature

3 quotes

great

3 quotes

best

2 quotes

men

2 quotes

faith

2 quotes

work

2 quotes

Featured Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh

Some of the most memorable quotes from this author

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

— Vincent Van Goghart

"The best way to know God is to love many things."

— Vincent Van Goghbest

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

— Vincent Van Goghbest

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"

— Vincent Van Goghcourage

"I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream."

— Vincent Van Goghexperience

"I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed."

— Vincent Van Goghfaith

All Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh

Browse all quotes from this author

"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

artView Quote

"The best way to know God is to love many things."

-Vincent Van Gogh

bestView Quote

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

-Vincent Van Gogh

bestView Quote

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"

-Vincent Van Gogh

courageView Quote

"I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream."

-Vincent Van Gogh

experienceView Quote

"I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed."

-Vincent Van Gogh

faithView Quote

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

-Vincent Van Gogh

faithView Quote

"I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed."

-Vincent Van Gogh

godView Quote

"The best way to know God is to love many things."

-Vincent Van Gogh

godView Quote

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

-Vincent Van Gogh

godView Quote

"I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create."

-Vincent Van Gogh

godView Quote

"A good picture is equivalent to a good deed."

-Vincent Van Gogh

goodView Quote

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."

-Vincent Van Gogh

greatView Quote

"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

greatView Quote

"There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke."

-Vincent Van Gogh

greatView Quote

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

-Vincent Van Gogh

imaginationView Quote

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

-Vincent Van Gogh

imaginationView Quote

"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

knowledgeView Quote

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

-Vincent Van Gogh

knowledgeView Quote

"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."

-Vincent Van Gogh

lifeView Quote

"Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well."

-Vincent Van Gogh

loveView Quote

"The way to know life is to love many things."

-Vincent Van Gogh

loveView Quote

"The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others."

-Vincent Van Gogh

loveView Quote

"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."

-Vincent Van Gogh

loveView Quote

"If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?"

-Vincent Van Gogh

menView Quote

"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men."

-Vincent Van Gogh

menView Quote

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

-Vincent Van Gogh

natureView Quote

"I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream."

-Vincent Van Gogh

natureView Quote

"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

natureView Quote

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

-Vincent Van Gogh

poetryView Quote

"I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create."

-Vincent Van Gogh

powerView Quote

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

-Vincent Van Gogh

religionView Quote

"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."

-Vincent Van Gogh

strengthView Quote

"Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well."

-Vincent Van Gogh

strengthView Quote

"If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things."

-Vincent Van Gogh

timeView Quote

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

-Vincent Van Gogh

workView Quote

"One must work and dare if one really wants to live."

-Vincent Van Gogh

workView Quote

Other Authors to Explore

Explore more inspiring authors

View All Authors

Vincent Van Gogh

Top Categories by Vincent Van Gogh

love

god

nature

great

best

men

faith

work

Featured Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh

All Quotes by 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."

"The best way to know God is to love many things."

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

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"

"I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream."

"I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed."

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

"I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed."

"The best way to know God is to love many things."

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

"I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create."

"A good picture is equivalent to a good deed."

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."

"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."

"There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke."

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

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

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

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

"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."

"Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well."

"The way to know life is to love many things."

"The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others."

"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."

"If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?"

"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men."

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

"I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream."

"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."

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

"I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create."

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

"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."

"Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well."

"If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things."

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

"One must work and dare if one really wants to live."

Related Authors

Henry David Thoreau

Mitt Romney

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friedrich Nietzsche

Mahatma Gandhi

George Bernard Shaw

Albert Einstein

Thomas Jefferson

Jerry Saltz

Plato

Aristotle

Barack Obama

Oscar Wilde

Benjamin Franklin

John F. Kennedy

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Mark Twain

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Voltaire

Bertrand Russell

Other Authors to Explore

Bill Nelson

Marvin Hagler

Dennis Eckersley

Bill Maher

John Jay Chapman

Pete McCloskey

Woodrow Wilson

Francis Schaeffer

Larry David