I hardly know myself what is best
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 10 June 1883
It would be a splendid thing to paint. . . . I wish I could talk it over with Mauve. But perhaps it's better as it is, for it does not always help to get advice from somebody else, clever though he may be, and those who are cleverest are not always clever in explaining things clearly. I repeat, I hardly know myself what is best. In the first place, painting is not my principal object, and perhaps I will be ready for illustrating sooner all by myself than if somebody, who wouldn't think of illustrations at all, advised me.
Letter 292
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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It would be a splendid thing to paint. . . . I wish I could talk it over with Mauve. But perhaps it's better as it is, for it does not always help to get advice from somebody else, clever though he may be, and those who are cleverest are not always clever in explaining things clearly. I repeat, I hardly know myself what is best. In the first place, painting is not my principal object, and perhaps I will be ready for illustrating sooner all by myself than if somebody, who wouldn't think of illustrations at all, advised me.
Letter 292
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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