A burning desire to push on
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, c. 3 March 1883
I have a burning desire to push on, and to make progress.
There is another thing spurring me on, namely that Rappard is also working at top speed, more than he used to, and I want to keep up with him, because then we'll get on better together, and can profit more from each other's experience.
He has painted much more than I, and has drawn longer, but we are both on just about the same level. I don't try to compete with him as a painter, but I won't let him beat me in drawing. I wish that in the future he and I should keep working in the same direction, that is, types from the people, scenes in a soup kitchen, hospital, etc. He has promised to come to see me one of these days. . . .
This and many other things give me a strong desire to push on vigorously.
Letter 271
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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I have a burning desire to push on, and to make progress.
There is another thing spurring me on, namely that Rappard is also working at top speed, more than he used to, and I want to keep up with him, because then we'll get on better together, and can profit more from each other's experience.
He has painted much more than I, and has drawn longer, but we are both on just about the same level. I don't try to compete with him as a painter, but I won't let him beat me in drawing. I wish that in the future he and I should keep working in the same direction, that is, types from the people, scenes in a soup kitchen, hospital, etc. He has promised to come to see me one of these days. . . .
This and many other things give me a strong desire to push on vigorously.
Letter 271
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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