Sometimes with a kind of fury
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 21 May 1883
But, Theo, the work brings so many expenses: and in many things I haven't the free hand that would be necessary. Of course, the household costs are heavy too. One needs food and clothes, there is also the studio rent; well, but it certainly has cheered me that Rappard likes several things I've done, and now that I've seen what his own work is like, I am even more glad that some of my things pleased him.
I am always afraid of not working enough; I think I can do so much better still, and that is what I am striving for, sometimes with a kind of fury.
Letter 286
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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But, Theo, the work brings so many expenses: and in many things I haven't the free hand that would be necessary. Of course, the household costs are heavy too. One needs food and clothes, there is also the studio rent; well, but it certainly has cheered me that Rappard likes several things I've done, and now that I've seen what his own work is like, I am even more glad that some of my things pleased him.
I am always afraid of not working enough; I think I can do so much better still, and that is what I am striving for, sometimes with a kind of fury.
Letter 286
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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