A fire that I may not quench
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 5 November 1882
I feel a power in me which I must develop, a fire that I may not quench, but must keep ablaze, though I do not know to what end it will lead me, and shouldn't be surprised if it were a gloomy one. In times like these, what should one wish for?
What is relatively the happiest fate?
In some circumstances it is better to be the conquered than to be the conqueror - for instance, better to be Prometheus than Jupiter. Well, it is an old saying, "Let come what may."
Letter 242
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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I feel a power in me which I must develop, a fire that I may not quench, but must keep ablaze, though I do not know to what end it will lead me, and shouldn't be surprised if it were a gloomy one. In times like these, what should one wish for?
What is relatively the happiest fate?
In some circumstances it is better to be the conquered than to be the conqueror - for instance, better to be Prometheus than Jupiter. Well, it is an old saying, "Let come what may."
Letter 242
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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