I only ask for time to study
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Arles, 17 September 1888
It is true that in impressionism I see the resurrection of Eugene Delacroix, but the interpretations of it are so divergent and in a way so irreconcilable that it will not be impressionism which will give us the final doctrine.
That is why I myself remain among the impressionists, because it professes nothing, and binds you to nothing, and as one of the comrades I need not declare my formula.
Good Lord, how you have to mess about in life. I only ask for time to study, and do you yourself really ask for anything but that? But I think that you also, like me, must long to have the quiet necessary to study without prejudice.
And I am so afraid of taking it away from you by my demands for money.
Letter 539
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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It is true that in impressionism I see the resurrection of Eugene Delacroix, but the interpretations of it are so divergent and in a way so irreconcilable that it will not be impressionism which will give us the final doctrine.
That is why I myself remain among the impressionists, because it professes nothing, and binds you to nothing, and as one of the comrades I need not declare my formula.
Good Lord, how you have to mess about in life. I only ask for time to study, and do you yourself really ask for anything but that? But I think that you also, like me, must long to have the quiet necessary to study without prejudice.
And I am so afraid of taking it away from you by my demands for money.
Letter 539
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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