Things are going wrong
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 11 December 1882
The public, yes, one part of it is dissatisfied, but material grandeur also finds applause; however, do not forget that this is merely a straw-fire, and that those who applaud generally do so only because it has become the fashion. But on the day after the banquet, there will be a void - a silence and indifference after all that noise. . . .
Look here, Theo boy, it cuts me to the heart, things are going wrong. You know I would have counted it the highest honor - an ideal, in fact - to contribute to what the Graphic started. The sublime beginning of the Graphic was something like what Dickens was as an author, what the Household Edition of his work was as a publication.
And now everything is gone - once again materialism instead of moral principle.
Letter 252
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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The public, yes, one part of it is dissatisfied, but material grandeur also finds applause; however, do not forget that this is merely a straw-fire, and that those who applaud generally do so only because it has become the fashion. But on the day after the banquet, there will be a void - a silence and indifference after all that noise. . . .
Look here, Theo boy, it cuts me to the heart, things are going wrong. You know I would have counted it the highest honor - an ideal, in fact - to contribute to what the Graphic started. The sublime beginning of the Graphic was something like what Dickens was as an author, what the Household Edition of his work was as a publication.
And now everything is gone - once again materialism instead of moral principle.
Letter 252
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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