I admit it is ‘shocking’
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Cuesmes, July 1880
Now anyone who becomes absorbed in all this is sometimes considered outrageous, ‘shocking,’ sinning more or less unwillingly against certain forms and customs and proprieties. It is a pity that people take that amiss.
You know, for example, that I have often neglected my appearance. I admit it, and I also admit that it is 'shocking.' But look here, lack of money and poverty have something to do with it too, as well as a profound disillusionment, and besides, it is sometimes a good way of ensuring the solitude you need, of concentrating more or less on whatever study you are immersed in.
Letter 133
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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Now anyone who becomes absorbed in all this is sometimes considered outrageous, ‘shocking,’ sinning more or less unwillingly against certain forms and customs and proprieties. It is a pity that people take that amiss.
You know, for example, that I have often neglected my appearance. I admit it, and I also admit that it is 'shocking.' But look here, lack of money and poverty have something to do with it too, as well as a profound disillusionment, and besides, it is sometimes a good way of ensuring the solitude you need, of concentrating more or less on whatever study you are immersed in.
Letter 133
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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