What I seek is so straightforward
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Antwerp, early January 1886
I must finish. What color is in a picture, enthusiasm is in life, therefore - it is no little thing to try to keep that enthusiasm.
You may be of the opinion that I am an impossible character - but that's absolutely your own business. For instance, I need not care, and I am not going to. I know that your business routine induces you again and again to lapse into the old evil with regard to me. What I seek is so straightforward that in the end you cannot but give in. So let's conclude by saying, The sooner the better.
Letter 443
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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I must finish. What color is in a picture, enthusiasm is in life, therefore - it is no little thing to try to keep that enthusiasm.
You may be of the opinion that I am an impossible character - but that's absolutely your own business. For instance, I need not care, and I am not going to. I know that your business routine induces you again and again to lapse into the old evil with regard to me. What I seek is so straightforward that in the end you cannot but give in. So let's conclude by saying, The sooner the better.
Letter 443
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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