If only I persist
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, c. 15-17 April 1882
You see, there are a great many things in drawing which lots of people often overlook. There is the correct perspective of an interior, for instance (I will send you a specimen of that too, someday); there are the great lines of a landscape; and then I personally see no way to eliminate study of the nude.
All this is essentially drawing - once having fairly mastered this, one sees the way out; and I personally go quietly along this way, knowing that if only I persist, before long I shall overtake a few of those who think they can skip such things.
Letter 188
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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You see, there are a great many things in drawing which lots of people often overlook. There is the correct perspective of an interior, for instance (I will send you a specimen of that too, someday); there are the great lines of a landscape; and then I personally see no way to eliminate study of the nude.
All this is essentially drawing - once having fairly mastered this, one sees the way out; and I personally go quietly along this way, knowing that if only I persist, before long I shall overtake a few of those who think they can skip such things.
Letter 188
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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