Serenity despite everything
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 6 July 1882
This much, however, I believe about you, and this much I know about myself, notwithstanding my nervousness, that in both our characters there is a foundation of serenity - serenity despite everything, so that neither of us is unhappy, our serenity being based on the fact that we truly and sincerely love our trade and our work, and that art occupies a large part of our thoughts and makes life interesting.
Letter 213
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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This much, however, I believe about you, and this much I know about myself, notwithstanding my nervousness, that in both our characters there is a foundation of serenity - serenity despite everything, so that neither of us is unhappy, our serenity being based on the fact that we truly and sincerely love our trade and our work, and that art occupies a large part of our thoughts and makes life interesting.
Letter 213
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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