Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) was a beautiful Dutch painter. His style is generally known as 'post impressionist'. I will be adding his life biography to this page and details of the paintings below. We also have a lovely page on the Philosophy of Art with a gallery of paintings and quotes from Renaissance and Impressionist Artists.
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Karene
Jade Howie






It is not the language of painters
but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for
the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling
for pictures.
(Vincent Van Gogh)
I do not know myself how I paint it. I sit down with a white board before the spot that strikes me. I look at what is before my eyes, and say to myself, that white board must become something. (Vincent van Gogh)
I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. (Vincent Van Gogh)
I
believe that one thinks much more soundly if the thoughts arise from direct
contact with things, than if one looks at things with the aim of finding
this or that in them. (Vincent van Gogh)
I certainly hope to sell in the course of time, but I think I shall be able to influence it most effectively by working steadily on, and that at the present moment making desperate efforts to force the work I am doing now upon the public would be pretty useless. (Vincent Van Gogh)
My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own accord, instead of having to praise or to explain it. (Vincent Van Gogh)
The
only time I feel alive is when I'm painting. (Vincent Van Gogh)
I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.' (Vincent Van Gogh)
The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech. (Vincent Van Gogh)
Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me. (Vincent Van Gogh)
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? (Vincent Van Gogh)
As a suffering creature, I cannot do without something greater than I - something that is my life - the power to create. (Vincent van Gogh)
http://www.spaceandmotion.com/art/vincent-van-gogh.htm
Vincent Van Gogh: Paintings, Life
Biography, Quotes, Self Portraits, Starry Night, Sunflowers