That was not accidental
Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard, from The Hague, 14-15 June 1883
You said it yourself - they are felt; all right, but that was not accidental; I drew them over and over again before, and that feeling was not in them then. After that - after the iron-like ones - came these, and also that clumsiness and awkwardness. How does it happen that I express something with that? - because the thing has shaped itself in my mind before I start on it.
The first ones are absolutely repulsive to others. I say this to make you understand that, when there is something in it, this is not accidental but most certainly reasoned out and willed.
Letter R37
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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You said it yourself - they are felt; all right, but that was not accidental; I drew them over and over again before, and that feeling was not in them then. After that - after the iron-like ones - came these, and also that clumsiness and awkwardness. How does it happen that I express something with that? - because the thing has shaped itself in my mind before I start on it.
The first ones are absolutely repulsive to others. I say this to make you understand that, when there is something in it, this is not accidental but most certainly reasoned out and willed.
Letter R37
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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