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Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

“Ah, Manet has come very, very close to it and Courbet - the marrying of form and colour.”

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Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose work is renowned for its vivid colors and emotional intensity. His paintings, such as 'The Starry Night' and 'Sunflowers', are iconic and have left a significant mark in the history of art. more

“When you come to a hotel room, you want it to be grand, functional and beautiful. But you don't want things that are not useful. Sometimes you go to hotels and there are all these frames and pictures of people you don't know, and you end up hiding everything in the drawer, and then housekeeping come and put it out again.”

People Knows Want Ends Sometimes Beautiful Rooms Hotel Hiding Drawers Hotel Rooms Housekeeping

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“When I have a model who is quiet and steady and with whom I am acquainted, then I draw repeatedly 'til there is one drawing that is different from the rest, which does not look like an ordinary study, but more typical and with more feeling.”

Looks Doe Different Feelings Study Quiet Models Draws Ordinary Drawing Steady Typical

Book:Letters to an artist: from Vincent van Gogh to Anton ridder van Rappard, 1881-1885

Source: Letters to an artist: from Vincent van Gogh to Anton ridder van Rappard, 1881-1885

“I don't know if I can convey the postman as I feel him... Unfortunately he cannot pose, and a painting demands an intelligent model.”

Ifs Knows Feels I Can Painting Demand Models Intelligent Postman

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“Study, analyse the social structure - that's always far more effective than moralising.”

Social Study Morality Structure Social Structure