I cannot tell you how happy I am
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Cuesmes, 24 September 1880
I cannot tell you (though fresh problems arise and will continue to arise every day), I cannot tell you how happy I am that I have taken up drawing again. I had been thinking about it for a long time, but always considered it impossible and beyond my abilities. But now, though I continue to be conscious of my failings and of my depressing dependence on a great many things, now I have recovered my peace of mind and my energy increases by the day.
Letter 136
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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I cannot tell you (though fresh problems arise and will continue to arise every day), I cannot tell you how happy I am that I have taken up drawing again. I had been thinking about it for a long time, but always considered it impossible and beyond my abilities. But now, though I continue to be conscious of my failings and of my depressing dependence on a great many things, now I have recovered my peace of mind and my energy increases by the day.
Letter 136
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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