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Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers QUOTES

Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers QUOTES

1 " I keep on making what I can't do yet in order to learn to be able to do it. "

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2 " How much there is in art that is beautiful, if only one can remember what one has seen, one is never empty or truly lonely, and never alone.
-Vincent Van Gogh "

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3 " What a mystery life is, and love is a mystery within a mystery.
-Vincent Van Gogh "

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4 " Uncle Cor once had asked Vincent if he would feel anything for a woman or a girl who was beautiful, 'but I said I would have more feeling for and would prefer to be involved with one who was ugly or old or impoverished or in some way unhappy, who has acquired understanding and a soul through experience of life and trial and error, or sorrow.'
-Vincent Van Gogh "

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5 " Colour expresses something in itself.
-Vincent Van Gogh "

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6 " (D)ying is hard, but living is harder still.

—Vincent van Gogh "

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7 " It is better to be fervent in spirit, even if one accordingly makes more mistakes, than narrow-minded and overly cautious.

—Vincent van Gogh "

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8 " Who a person becomes later in life, how he lives, how he dies, cloud's people's memories of him, spinning and skewing-distorting-their portraits of him as a child. But we will draw Vincent as clearly as we can using not only impressions but also strong lines, sharp details. A picture will emerge. "

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9 " Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures, "

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10 " But precisely because love is so strong, we are, especially in our youth...usually not strong enough to maintain a straight course.

—Vincent van Gogh "

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11 " He doesn’t talk about his past, or his future. He passionately wants to make something of his life, to make an offering to the world. And to his family. He doesn’t want to make letterheads! How can he be true to himself and keep the bond with his family? "

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12 " But sometimes a person who seems easy is one whose calm outside belies a troubled and turbulent inside. "

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13 " O Lord, join us intimately to one another and let our love for Thee make that bond ever stronger. "

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14 " A riveting mosaic of exciting true stories… I COULDN’T PUT IT DOWN! "

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15 " The years between 20 and 30 are full of all sorts of dangers, full of great danger, yea, the danger of sin and death. —Vincent to Theo, early September "

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16 " As summer turns to fall, Vincent, at twenty-six, is alone. "

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17 " After all, we’re in the midst of life—well then, we must fight a good fight—and we must become men. —Vincent to Theo, May 31, 1877 "

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18 " How much there is in art that is beautiful, if only one can remember what one has seen, one is never empty or truly lonely, and never alone. "

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19 " keep on making what I can’t do yet in order to learn to be able to do it. "

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20 " after the first year. But he has decided he doesn’t want to go to school anymore. We don’t know why, but he’s done. Back home in Zundert, he spends his time as he used to when he was a boy. He reads, he walks on the moors, in the fields. He’s content. But he can’t stay home forever. Ma and Pa want Vincent to go out into the world, get a job. It is time for him to support himself, and maybe soon, help the family. Dorus and Anna and Dorus’s brother Vincent, Uncle Cent, will "

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