Even bolder things
Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard, from Nuenen, second half of August 1885
When I tell you - and I mean it - that I want to remain friends with you, it is because I observe in you an endeavor which I highly esteem. You penetrate the heart of the common people deeply, and you have the will power to carry it through. When I say that we may be useful and give support to each other, I say so because, if you don't give in to convention, you will probably, when you are better known, do even bolder things.
Letter R57
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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When I tell you - and I mean it - that I want to remain friends with you, it is because I observe in you an endeavor which I highly esteem. You penetrate the heart of the common people deeply, and you have the will power to carry it through. When I say that we may be useful and give support to each other, I say so because, if you don't give in to convention, you will probably, when you are better known, do even bolder things.
Letter R57
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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