Risking one's all
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Nuenen, 1 November 1884
That the system of doing business solely if one is assured of success is not the best one, and is in reality no more than a commonplace way of looking at things.
Doing business nonetheless, doing something, moving for the sake of moving, hating stagnation and sterility, this, as I see it, is a more broad-minded and profitable way.
So it is always the same - not beating about the bush - not taking things too much to heart - but having a certain confidence in certain things; certainly gaining the ever-stronger conviction that carrying on a fight and concentrating oneself on a few well-defined points, but all the same risking one's all, is the best thing to do.
Letter 384
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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That the system of doing business solely if one is assured of success is not the best one, and is in reality no more than a commonplace way of looking at things.
Doing business nonetheless, doing something, moving for the sake of moving, hating stagnation and sterility, this, as I see it, is a more broad-minded and profitable way.
So it is always the same - not beating about the bush - not taking things too much to heart - but having a certain confidence in certain things; certainly gaining the ever-stronger conviction that carrying on a fight and concentrating oneself on a few well-defined points, but all the same risking one's all, is the best thing to do.
Letter 384
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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