Is it a duty?
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 1 December 1882
Now, an enterprise such as the drawing and printing of a series of, for instance, thirty sheets of workmen types - a sower, a digger, a woodcutter, a ploughman, a washerwoman, then also a child's cradle or a man from the almshouse - well, the whole immeasurable field lies open, there are plenty of beautiful subjects - can one undertake it or not? The question goes even deeper: is it a duty, and is it right or is it wrong? That's the question.
Letter 249
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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Now, an enterprise such as the drawing and printing of a series of, for instance, thirty sheets of workmen types - a sower, a digger, a woodcutter, a ploughman, a washerwoman, then also a child's cradle or a man from the almshouse - well, the whole immeasurable field lies open, there are plenty of beautiful subjects - can one undertake it or not? The question goes even deeper: is it a duty, and is it right or is it wrong? That's the question.
Letter 249
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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