Something stiff and awkward about me
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from Antwerp, early February 1886
But it has struck me forcibly that there are still other things that I absolutely must change.
When I compare myself to the other fellows, there is something stiff and awkward about me, as if I had been in prison for ten years.
And the cause of this is that for about ten years I have had a difficult and harassed life, much care and sorrow and no friends.
But that will change as my work gets better, and I shall know something and be able to do something.
And I repeat, we are on the right track to accomplishing this. But do not doubt it, the way to succeed is to keep courage and patience and to work on energetically.
Letter 448
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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But it has struck me forcibly that there are still other things that I absolutely must change.
When I compare myself to the other fellows, there is something stiff and awkward about me, as if I had been in prison for ten years.
And the cause of this is that for about ten years I have had a difficult and harassed life, much care and sorrow and no friends.
But that will change as my work gets better, and I shall know something and be able to do something.
And I repeat, we are on the right track to accomplishing this. But do not doubt it, the way to succeed is to keep courage and patience and to work on energetically.
Letter 448
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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