The cost of colors
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Arles, 1 September 1888
It is a constant grief to me that comparatively I can do so little with the money I spend.
My life is disturbed and restless, but then if I make a change and move about much, I shall perhaps only make things worse. . . .
Often now I hesitate before planning a picture because of what the colors would cost us. You see all the same this is rather a pity, for the simple reason that we may have the power to work today, but we do not know if it will hold out till tomorrow.
Letter 530
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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It is a constant grief to me that comparatively I can do so little with the money I spend.
My life is disturbed and restless, but then if I make a change and move about much, I shall perhaps only make things worse. . . .
Often now I hesitate before planning a picture because of what the colors would cost us. You see all the same this is rather a pity, for the simple reason that we may have the power to work today, but we do not know if it will hold out till tomorrow.
Letter 530
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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