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Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

“I want to do drawings which touch some people... In either figure or landscape I wish to express, not sentimental melancholy, but serious sorrow.”

Book:Van Gogh's

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Van Gogh's

This book delves into the life, art, and legacy of Vincent van Gogh, offering insights into his iconic paintings and personal struggles. It includes analysis of his most famous works, such as 'Starry Night' and 'Sunflowers,' and provides a historical context for his contributions to the art world. more

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Vincent Van Gogh

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

“I had a new idea in my head... this time it's just simply my bedroom, only here colour is to do everything, and, giving by its simplification a grander style to things, is to be suggestive here of rest or of sleep in general. In a word, to look at the picture ought to rest the brain or rather the imagination.”

Giving Looks Ideas Imagination Sleep Brain Style Ought Colour New Ideas Bedroom Simplification

Book:The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Source: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

“To save a life is a real and beautiful thing. To make a home for the homeless, yes, it is a thing that must be good; whatever the world may say, it cannot be wrong.”

World May Real Home Beautiful Life Is Survival Be Good Beautiful Things Homeless Save A Life

Book:The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...

Source: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...

“When using colors to recreate a general harmony of tones in nature, one loses it by painfully exact imitation. One keeps it by recreating in an equivalent color range, and that may not be exactly, or far from exactly, like the model.”

May Loses Color Models Harmony Range Tone Imitation

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“My great longing is to make those very incorrectnesses, those deviations, remodellings, changes in reality, so that they may become, yes, lies if you like - but truer than the literal truth.”