Jamie Lele > Jamie's Quotes

“There is peace even in the storm”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Only when I fall do I get up again.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“I will not live without love.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“The sunflower is mine, in a way.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.”
― Vincent Willem van Gogh

“Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“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.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“Just slap anything on when you see a blank canvas staring you in the face like some imbecile. You don't know how paralyzing that is, that stare of a blank canvas is, which says to the painter, ‘You can't do a thing’. The canvas has an idiotic stare and mesmerizes some painters so much that they turn into idiots themselves. Many painters are afraid in front of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the real, passionate painter who dares and who has broken the spell of `you can't' once and for all.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“We are surrounded by poetry on all sides...”
― Vincent Van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Bookstores always remind me that there are good things in this world”
― Vincent van Gogh

“In would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“If one loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the painter who dares and who has broken the spell of 'you can't' once and for all.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“The earth from afar shines like a star”
― Vincent van Gogh

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Modern reality has got such a hold on us that... when we attempt to reconstruct the ancient days in our thoughts...the minor events of our lives tear us away from our meditations, and... thrust us back into our personal [problems]”
― Vincent van Gogh

“...a woman does not grow old as long as she loves & is loved.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Illusions may fade, but the sublime remains.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Love is something eternal... The aspect may change but not the essence.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“I thought I would be understood without words.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“I'll start with the small things”
― Vincent van Gogh

“What would be of life if we didn´t have the courage of doing something new?”
― Vincent van Gogh

“..it has always been so much my desire to paint for those who don’t know the artistic side of a painting.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“It is a sad and very melancholy scene, which must strike everyone who knows and feels that we also have to pass one day through the valley of the shadow of death, and “que la fin de la vie humaine, ce sont des larmes ou des cheveux blancs.” What lies beyond this is a great mystery that only God knows, but He has revealed absolutely through His word that there is a resurrection of the dead.”
― Vincent van Gogh, Dear Theo

“Drawing is the root of everything!”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“The cure for him would be to take a good long look at some potato plants, which have lately had such a deep and distinctive colour and tone, instead of driving himself mad looking at pieces of yellow satin and gold leather.”
― Vincent van Gogh