If only I work hard
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 1 August 1882
But know it well, I am far from clinging to a system or being bound by one. . . . When I see how several painters here, whom I know, have problems with their watercolors and paintings, so that they cannot bring them off I often think: friend, the fault lies in your drawing. I do not regret for one single moment that I did not go on at first with watercolor and oil painting. I am sure I shall make up for that if only I work hard, so that my hand does not falter in drawing and in the perspective.
Letter 221
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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But know it well, I am far from clinging to a system or being bound by one. . . . When I see how several painters here, whom I know, have problems with their watercolors and paintings, so that they cannot bring them off I often think: friend, the fault lies in your drawing. I do not regret for one single moment that I did not go on at first with watercolor and oil painting. I am sure I shall make up for that if only I work hard, so that my hand does not falter in drawing and in the perspective.
Letter 221
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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