And I will change it
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Antwerp, early February 1886
That impression I can't help getting of myself when comparing myself to others, namely that I look as if I had been in prison for ten years, is not exaggerated; but to change it - and I will change it - I must primarily not get too far out of the art world, but stay some time longer in a studio or at an academy. Then it will disappear.
Letter 448
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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That impression I can't help getting of myself when comparing myself to others, namely that I look as if I had been in prison for ten years, is not exaggerated; but to change it - and I will change it - I must primarily not get too far out of the art world, but stay some time longer in a studio or at an academy. Then it will disappear.
Letter 448
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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