This hopeless absurdity of public opinion
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Drenthe, 29 October 1883
And when speaking of your being a painter, they would describe your state of mind as that of a dreamer, imagining himself on a bed of roses. I ask you, what do those who represent things that way know? But people being what they are, this is only one of their enormities and not even the worst by a long shot. This hopeless absurdity of public opinion makes it only natural for one to want to avoid the world.
Letter 339a
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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And when speaking of your being a painter, they would describe your state of mind as that of a dreamer, imagining himself on a bed of roses. I ask you, what do those who represent things that way know? But people being what they are, this is only one of their enormities and not even the worst by a long shot. This hopeless absurdity of public opinion makes it only natural for one to want to avoid the world.
Letter 339a
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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