"The sweat of thy brow"
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 21 May 1883
I am glad you are having a good time just now - "Le Paradou" must have been glorious indeed. Yes, I should not mind trying my hand at such a thing and I do not doubt you two would be very good models.
However, I prefer to see diggers digging, and have found glory outside Paradise, where one thinks more of the severer: "Thou shalt eat thy bread in the sweat of thy brow."
But I think the beauty of one increases when compared to the other.
Letter 286
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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I am glad you are having a good time just now - "Le Paradou" must have been glorious indeed. Yes, I should not mind trying my hand at such a thing and I do not doubt you two would be very good models.
However, I prefer to see diggers digging, and have found glory outside Paradise, where one thinks more of the severer: "Thou shalt eat thy bread in the sweat of thy brow."
But I think the beauty of one increases when compared to the other.
Letter 286
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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