My aim is to make pictures
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Drenthe, 19 November 1883
As to doubting whether one is an artist or not - that question is too much of an abstraction.
I confess, however, that I don't object to thinking it over, provided I can draw and paint at the same time.
And my aim in my life is to make pictures and drawings, as many and as well as I can; then, at the end of my life, I hope to pass away, looking back with love and tender regret, and thinking, "Oh, the pictures I might have made!" . . .
Theo, I declare I prefer to think how arms, legs, head are attached to the trunk, rather than whether I myself am more or less an artist or not.
Letter 338
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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As to doubting whether one is an artist or not - that question is too much of an abstraction.
I confess, however, that I don't object to thinking it over, provided I can draw and paint at the same time.
And my aim in my life is to make pictures and drawings, as many and as well as I can; then, at the end of my life, I hope to pass away, looking back with love and tender regret, and thinking, "Oh, the pictures I might have made!" . . .
Theo, I declare I prefer to think how arms, legs, head are attached to the trunk, rather than whether I myself am more or less an artist or not.
Letter 338
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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