Jamie Lele

“It must be good to die in the knowledge that one has done some truthful work and to know that, as a result, one will live in the memory of at least a few and leave a good example for those who come after. A work that is good may not last forever, but the thought expressed by it will, and the work itself will surely survive for a very long time, and those who come later can do no better than follow in the footsteps of such predecessors and copy their example.”
― Vincent Van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“So instead of giving in to despair I chose active melancholy, in so far as I was capable of activity, in other words I chose the kind of melancholy that hopes, that strives and that seeks, in preference to the melancholy that despairs numbly and in distress.”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“One of the most beautiful things to do is to paint darkness, which nevertheless has light in it.”
― Van Gogh, Cartas a Théo