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“Painting is like having a bad mistress who spends and spends and it's never enough ... I tell myself that even if a tolerable study comes out of it from time to time, it would have been cheaper to buy it from somebody else.”

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Book:Essential Van Gogh
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Essential Van Gogh

This book explores the life, art, and influence of Vincent van Gogh, featuring detailed analysis of his most famous paintings and letters. more

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Vincent Van Gogh
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

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Book:Further Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1886-1889
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“To try to understand the real significance of what the great artists, the serious masters, tell us in their masterpieces, that leads to God; one man wrote or told it in a book; another, in a picture.”

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Book:The Pursuit of Spiritual Wisdom: The Thought and Art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin
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Book:Letters
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