Plodding on for a day and half a night
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 15-17 June 1883
In composing a drawing almost more than in painting thought and concentration play a part, and I for one get good results by plodding on for a day and half a night, as I did on that last one. In that way one can become productive, too - it absorbs one enormously. But just when one feels so much attracted by the work, one must stick to it till one drops with exhaustion, so to speak.
Letter 294
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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In composing a drawing almost more than in painting thought and concentration play a part, and I for one get good results by plodding on for a day and half a night, as I did on that last one. In that way one can become productive, too - it absorbs one enormously. But just when one feels so much attracted by the work, one must stick to it till one drops with exhaustion, so to speak.
Letter 294
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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