More soul, more love, more heart
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 11 December 1882
Do you know what I think of the copy I'm sending you? It is just like Obach's kind of talk, for instance, the manager of Goupil and Co. in London. And it has success, yes, that has success, yes, that is listened to and that is admired. . . . I respect all kinds of work, I don’t despise Obach, but there are things which I rank infinitely higher than that kind of energy.
I want something more concise, more simple, more serious; I want more soul and more love and more heart.
But you may be sure that I will not and cannot cry out against it, that I will not rebel against it. But it makes me sad, it takes away my pleasure, it upsets me, and personally I am absolutely at a loss about what to do.
Letter 252
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
Do you know what I think of the copy I'm sending you? It is just like Obach's kind of talk, for instance, the manager of Goupil and Co. in London. And it has success, yes, that has success, yes, that is listened to and that is admired. . . . I respect all kinds of work, I don’t despise Obach, but there are things which I rank infinitely higher than that kind of energy.
I want something more concise, more simple, more serious; I want more soul and more love and more heart.
But you may be sure that I will not and cannot cry out against it, that I will not rebel against it. But it makes me sad, it takes away my pleasure, it upsets me, and personally I am absolutely at a loss about what to do.
Letter 252
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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