A kind of Bible to an artist
Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard, from The Hague, c. 9 February 1883
I firmly believe that particularly the wood engravings in these first years of the Graphic will so impress you as to give you "the full certainty" of their importance. Not that I still believe you're not attached to them with all your heart - on the contrary, I no longer have any doubt about it. . . .
Now you must accept these without any more ado, and also the other duplicates which I shall get out of the Graphics. A collection of sheets like these becomes, in my opinion, a kind of Bible to an artist, in which he reads from time to time to get in a devotional mood. I think it's not only a good thing to know them, but also to have them around continually in the studio.
Letter R25
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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I firmly believe that particularly the wood engravings in these first years of the Graphic will so impress you as to give you "the full certainty" of their importance. Not that I still believe you're not attached to them with all your heart - on the contrary, I no longer have any doubt about it. . . .
Now you must accept these without any more ado, and also the other duplicates which I shall get out of the Graphics. A collection of sheets like these becomes, in my opinion, a kind of Bible to an artist, in which he reads from time to time to get in a devotional mood. I think it's not only a good thing to know them, but also to have them around continually in the studio.
Letter R25
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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