I have often failed when I tried
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 9 September 1882
I feel that at all events painting will indirectly rouse other things in me too.
Look, for instance, at this little sketch of the potato market on the North Wall. That bustling of the workmen and the women, with the baskets being loaded from the barge, is very intriguing to look at. Those are the things I should want to draw and paint vigorously - the life and movement in such a scene, and the types of people. But I am not surprised that I cannot do it at once, and that up to now I have often failed when I tried. By painting I shall certainly become more proficient with the colors and better able to take on such a subject.
Letter 229
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
I feel that at all events painting will indirectly rouse other things in me too.
Look, for instance, at this little sketch of the potato market on the North Wall. That bustling of the workmen and the women, with the baskets being loaded from the barge, is very intriguing to look at. Those are the things I should want to draw and paint vigorously - the life and movement in such a scene, and the types of people. But I am not surprised that I cannot do it at once, and that up to now I have often failed when I tried. By painting I shall certainly become more proficient with the colors and better able to take on such a subject.
Letter 229
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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