Only by perseverance do we have a chance
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Nuenen, second half of August 1885
But I know for sure that I will get the figures even better if only I have some luck with the money and can continue working on them at full speed; but that is what rather worries me, and for this month I am absolutely cleaned out. I am literally without a penny.
We shall have hard times; it is not all my fault, but only by perseverance do we have a chance to reap, after some time, what we are sowing. . . .
One must not call it engaging in a hopeless struggle, for others have won, and we shall win too.
Letter 415
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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But I know for sure that I will get the figures even better if only I have some luck with the money and can continue working on them at full speed; but that is what rather worries me, and for this month I am absolutely cleaned out. I am literally without a penny.
We shall have hard times; it is not all my fault, but only by perseverance do we have a chance to reap, after some time, what we are sowing. . . .
One must not call it engaging in a hopeless struggle, for others have won, and we shall win too.
Letter 415
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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