How often one is mistaken
Vincent van Gogh to To Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, c. 21 March 1883
More and more I begin to notice in myself, as well as in others, how often one is mistaken in thinking this or that "isn't so," or "that's not correct" - how often one says it when it doesn't apply, I myself no less than others. One thinks one knows something for sure, and yet if one wants to be honest, one must take it back later.
Letter 275
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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More and more I begin to notice in myself, as well as in others, how often one is mistaken in thinking this or that "isn't so," or "that's not correct" - how often one says it when it doesn't apply, I myself no less than others. One thinks one knows something for sure, and yet if one wants to be honest, one must take it back later.
Letter 275
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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