One needs all one's attention
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 8 October 1882
I am sure you would like the things I am doing now. What you would notice at once, as I do, is that I need a lot of figure studies; therefore I am working with all my strength and have a model almost every day. . . .
How beautiful it is outside now! I try my best to catch the autumn effects. I am writing you in a great hurry. I can assure you those compositions with figures are no joke, and I am deep in my work. It is like weaving - one needs all one's attention to keep the threads apart - one must manage to keep an eye on several things at once.
Letter 236
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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I am sure you would like the things I am doing now. What you would notice at once, as I do, is that I need a lot of figure studies; therefore I am working with all my strength and have a model almost every day. . . .
How beautiful it is outside now! I try my best to catch the autumn effects. I am writing you in a great hurry. I can assure you those compositions with figures are no joke, and I am deep in my work. It is like weaving - one needs all one's attention to keep the threads apart - one must manage to keep an eye on several things at once.
Letter 236
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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