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" 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

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

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" 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. "

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" I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be? "

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" Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. "

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" For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. "

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" Conscience is a man's compass. "

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

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" I wish they would only take me as I am. "

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" One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way. "

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

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

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

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