I love painting so
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 22 July 1883
I am almost sorry to have started painting again, for I wish I hadn't begun it if I can't carry on. I can't do without colors, and colors are expensive, and I can't get more on credit because I still owe a little to Leurs and Stam. And yet I love painting so. . . .
The sea, which I love enormously, must be brushed in oil, otherwise one cannot get hold of it.
Look here, Theo, I only hope you won't get discouraged, for indeed, when you speak of, "giving no hope for the future," it makes me melancholy. You must keep courage and energy to send the money, otherwise I'm on the rocks and cannot go on.
Letter 301
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
I am almost sorry to have started painting again, for I wish I hadn't begun it if I can't carry on. I can't do without colors, and colors are expensive, and I can't get more on credit because I still owe a little to Leurs and Stam. And yet I love painting so. . . .
The sea, which I love enormously, must be brushed in oil, otherwise one cannot get hold of it.
Look here, Theo, I only hope you won't get discouraged, for indeed, when you speak of, "giving no hope for the future," it makes me melancholy. You must keep courage and energy to send the money, otherwise I'm on the rocks and cannot go on.
Letter 301
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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