Ian > Ian's Quotes

“If there's one thing I've discovered, it's that stifling yourself will only lead to more misery. [...] I polluted all other happiness because I was afraid to let myself create and change. You have to have courage. Real courage to explore, to fail, and to pick yourself back up again.”
― Siobhan Vivian, Same Difference

“I wish they would take me as I am.”
― Vincent van Gogh

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

“I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.”
― Vincent 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

“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

“I'm such a nobody.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“What is done in love is done well.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.”
― Vincent van Gogh, VAN GOGH

“Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum.”
― Vincent van Gogh