Vincent van Gogh Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. And the memories of all we have loved stay and come back to us in the evening of our life. They are not dead but sleep, and it is well to gather a treasure of them. The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

2. It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.

3. My great longing is to learn to make those very incorrectnesses, those deviations, remodellings, changes of reality, so that they may become, yes, untruth if you like - but more true than the literal truth. The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

4. One morning, after many dark nights of despair, an irrepressible longing to live will announce to us the fact that all is finished and that suffering has no more meaning than happiness.

5. Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire. The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

6. The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

7. There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

8. There is peace even in the storm The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

9. I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.

10. It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.

11. It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

12. Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.

13. There was once a man who went to church and asked, 'Can it be that my ardour has deceived me, that I have taken a wrong turning and managed things badly? Oh, if only I could be rid of this doubt and know for certain I shall come out victorious and succeed in the end.' And then a voice answered him, 'And if you were certain, what would you do then? Act now as if you were certain and you will not be disappointed.' Then the man went on his way, not unbelieving but believing, and returned to his work no longer doubting or wavering. The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

14. Well, right now it seems that things are going very badly for me, have been doing so for some considerable time, and may continue to do so well into the future. But it is possible that everything will get better after it has all seemed to go wrong. I am not counting on it, it may never happen, but if there should be a change for the better I should regard that as a gain, I should rejoice, I should say, at last! So there was something after all! Dear Theo

15. Птица в клетке отлично понимает весной, что происходит нечто такое, для чего она нужна: она отлично чувствует, что надо что-то делать, но не может этого сделать и не представляет себе, что же именно надо сделать. Сначала ей ничего не удаётся вспомнить, затем у неё рождаются какие-то смутные представления, она говорит себе: Другие вьют гнёзда, зачинают птенцов и высижывают яйца, и вот уже она бьётся головой о прутья клетки. Но клетка не поддаётся, а птица сходит с ума от боли... GoghKaigasyu (KindaiKaiga)