It always strikes me, and it is...

It always strikes me, and it is very peculiar, that, whenever we see the image of indescribable and unutterable desolation—of loneliness, poverty, and misery, the end and extreme of things—the thought of God comes into one's mind.

- Vincent van Gogh

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Other quotes by Vincent van Gogh

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me want to dream.

- Vincent van Gogh

Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.

- Vincent van Gogh

Well, right now it seems that things are going very badly for me, have been doing so for some considerable time, and may continue to do so well into the future. But it is possible that everything will get better after it has all seemed to go wrong. I am not counting on it, it may never happen, but if there should be a change for the better I should regard that as a gain, I should rejoice, I should say, at last! So there was something after all!

- Vincent van Gogh

La tristesse durera toujours.]

- Vincent van Gogh

...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?

- Vincent van Gogh

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

- Vincent van Gogh

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