A thing I may not let go of

Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 2-3 December 1882

I have listened to what Bargue says in his examples; though my work is far from being as beautiful as his, I believe the examples indicate a straight road in keeping with what other artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, have taught before. At all events, it gave a certain method to my ideas about drawing, which makes the work more systematic than it would be if one put no method into one's work. You see, this is a thing which I may not let go of.

Letter 250
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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