I resign myself to everything
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 20-21 August 1883
My profession is my profession and I do not waver, but must stick to it. . . . I am so grateful for our relation that I pay no attention to the question of being richer or poorer, having an easier or a more difficult life - silently accepting the fact that I am content with every condition, and that I resign myself to everything and put up with everything, if it must be.
The only thing I do not want you to doubt is my good will, my zeal - and further, I want you to credit me with some common sense, and not suspect me of doing absurd things, and I want you to let me go on living quietly in my own way.
Of course I must experiment to find things, and suffer failures, but in the end the work will come out all right.
Letter 315
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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My profession is my profession and I do not waver, but must stick to it. . . . I am so grateful for our relation that I pay no attention to the question of being richer or poorer, having an easier or a more difficult life - silently accepting the fact that I am content with every condition, and that I resign myself to everything and put up with everything, if it must be.
The only thing I do not want you to doubt is my good will, my zeal - and further, I want you to credit me with some common sense, and not suspect me of doing absurd things, and I want you to let me go on living quietly in my own way.
Of course I must experiment to find things, and suffer failures, but in the end the work will come out all right.
Letter 315
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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