I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.
Vincent Van Gogh
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- If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
- The best way to know God is to love many things.
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