A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

— Vincent van Gogh

A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke

— Vincent van Gogh

And the memories of all we have loved to stay and come back to us in the evening of our life. They are not dead but sleep, and it is well to gather a treasure of them.

— Vincent van Gogh

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

— Vincent van Gogh

And when I read, and really I do not read so much, only a few authors, - a few men that I discovered by accident - I do this because they look at things in a broader, milder and more affectionate way than I do, and because they know life better, so that I can learn from them.

— Vincent van Gogh

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

— Vincent van Gogh

As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it absolutely.

— Vincent van Gogh

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

— Vincent van Gogh

Both she and I have grief enough and trouble enough, but as for regrets – neither of us have any.

— Vincent van Gogh

But are not this struggle and even the mistakes one may make better and do they not develop us more than if we kept systematically away from emotions?

— Vincent van Gogh