No one falls before his tim
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Drenthe, 26 November 1883
There are things which, as one ought to know, can gradually cast a spell on a man and make him change his course in a direction diametrically opposed to the course he took as long as he was honest.
My words may sound gloomy, very well. For myself, there are moments when my own prospects seem very dark to me - but as I already wrote you, I do not believe that my fate depends on what seems against it. All kinds of things may be against me, but there may be one thing more powerful than what I see threatening me. I used the word fatality for lack of a better word - no one falls before his time - so as for me, I resign myself to fate, and act as if nothing were the matter.
As for the calamities, I am not particularly afraid of them - in general one should be afraid of nothing except of deteriorating as a man.
Letter 342
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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There are things which, as one ought to know, can gradually cast a spell on a man and make him change his course in a direction diametrically opposed to the course he took as long as he was honest.
My words may sound gloomy, very well. For myself, there are moments when my own prospects seem very dark to me - but as I already wrote you, I do not believe that my fate depends on what seems against it. All kinds of things may be against me, but there may be one thing more powerful than what I see threatening me. I used the word fatality for lack of a better word - no one falls before his time - so as for me, I resign myself to fate, and act as if nothing were the matter.
As for the calamities, I am not particularly afraid of them - in general one should be afraid of nothing except of deteriorating as a man.
Letter 342
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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