“I am an artist”
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 3-12 May 1882
Mauve takes it amiss that I said, ‘I am an artist,’ which I won't take back, because it's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the very opposite of saying, ‘I know all about it, I've already found it.’ As far as I am concerned, the word means, ‘I am looking, I am hunting for it, I am deeply involved.’
Letter 192
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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Mauve takes it amiss that I said, ‘I am an artist,’ which I won't take back, because it's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the very opposite of saying, ‘I know all about it, I've already found it.’ As far as I am concerned, the word means, ‘I am looking, I am hunting for it, I am deeply involved.’
Letter 192
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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