

“You don't know how paralyzing that is, that stare of a blank canvas, which says to the painter, ‘You can't do a thing’.”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“I'm saying every man is in a cage of his own making.”
― The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
― The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

“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.”
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“But when shallI ever get round to doing the starry sky, that picture which is always on my mind?”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“I would sooner paint people's eyes than cathedrals, for there is something in the eyes that is lacking in a cathedral - however solemn and impressive it may be. To my mind a man's soul, be it that of a poor beggar or of a streetwalker, is more interesting.”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
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