The greatest chance of remaining strong
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Nuenen, mid-November 1885
Being a little better off helps so little after all. Anyhow, we cannot prevent the days of our youth slipping from us. If that were possible! But the real thing that makes one happy, materially happy - being young, and remaining so a long time - does not exist here - that doesn't even exist in Arabia or Italy, though it is better there than here.
And I personally think that one has the greatest chance of remaining strong and renewing oneself under the present-day "third state." Well, so I say that I try to find it in painting without any thoughts on the side.
Letter 433
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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Being a little better off helps so little after all. Anyhow, we cannot prevent the days of our youth slipping from us. If that were possible! But the real thing that makes one happy, materially happy - being young, and remaining so a long time - does not exist here - that doesn't even exist in Arabia or Italy, though it is better there than here.
And I personally think that one has the greatest chance of remaining strong and renewing oneself under the present-day "third state." Well, so I say that I try to find it in painting without any thoughts on the side.
Letter 433
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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