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Vincent van Gogh quotes

1853–1890 · Dutch painter

Van Gogh sold almost nothing while alive. His letters to his brother Theo — over 600 of them — are some of the most moving ever written by an artist.

2 real · 1 not theirs

2 quotes traced to Vincent van Gogh's own work or a reliable witness.

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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Source: Letter to Theo (22 October 1882)

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I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

Source: Letter to Theo (September 1888)

1 famous lines credited to Vincent van Gogh that are misquoted, unsourced or belong to someone else.

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I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

The trail: Not found in his letters.