One need not take it so very seriously
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 11 September 1882
You remember I wrote you in my last letter that I was going to the potato market.
I brought home many sketches that time, it was extraordinarily intriguing - but it may serve as an example of The Hague public's politeness towards painters that suddenly a fellow from behind me, or probably from a window, spat his quid of tobacco onto my paper. Well, one has trouble enough sometimes. But one need not take it so very seriously; those people are not bad, they do not understand anything about it, and probably think I am a lunatic when they see me making a drawing with large hooks and crooks which don't mean anything to them.
Letter 230
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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You remember I wrote you in my last letter that I was going to the potato market.
I brought home many sketches that time, it was extraordinarily intriguing - but it may serve as an example of The Hague public's politeness towards painters that suddenly a fellow from behind me, or probably from a window, spat his quid of tobacco onto my paper. Well, one has trouble enough sometimes. But one need not take it so very seriously; those people are not bad, they do not understand anything about it, and probably think I am a lunatic when they see me making a drawing with large hooks and crooks which don't mean anything to them.
Letter 230
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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